nbb: ad-hoc scripting for Clojure on Node.js (by Michiel Borkent)

Michiel Borkent introduces nbb, a fast-starting ClojureScript scripting environment built on Node.js.

The London Clojurians are happy to present: Title: **nbb: ad-hoc scripting for Clojure on Node.js** Speaker: **Michiel Borkent** Slides: speakerdeck.com/borkdude/nbb-at-london-clojurians-march-22-2… Michiel Borkent (github.com/borkdude) will be presenting "nbb: ad-hoc scripting for Clojure on Node.js" nbb (github.com/babashka/nbb) is like babashka but for Node.js. It provides a way to write quick ad-hoc scripts for Node.js without requiring any other tools than Node.js and npm itself. You get access to the wide array of libraries in the Node.js ecosystem. Like babashka, nbb starts fast, scripts are evaluated by SCI and it has some common libraries built-in: promesa, reagent, js-interop. It comes with nREPL support for interactive development. Typical use cases are writing TUI apps, browser tests and small web apps using express. This talk highlights some of the use cases and also discusses some of the implementation details. Michiel Borkent doesn't really need introductions in our community. He is the main author of clj-kondo, babashka, jet and so many other Clojure tools. He can be found as @borkdude in various places on the web. If you missed this event, you can watch the recording on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/LondonClojurians (The recording will be uploaded a couple of days after the event.) Please, consider supporting the London Clojurians with a small donation: opencollective.com/london-clojurians/ Your contributions will enable the sustainability of the London Clojurians community and support our varied set of online and in-person events: - ClojureBridge London: supports under-represented groups discover Clojure - re:Clojure: our **free** to attend annual community conference - monthly meetup events with speakers from all over the world - subscription and admin costs such as domain name & Zoom plan for larger online meetups Thank you to our sponsors: - juxt.pro/ - flexiana.com/ - cognitect.com/ - gaiwan.co/ - freshcodeit.com/ - healthunlocked.com/ - hyde-housing.co.uk/ - And many individual sponsors