The only requirement to use CIDER is to have an nREPL server to which it may connect. Many Clojurians favour the use of tools like Leiningen, Boot or Gradle to start an nREPL server, but the use of one of them is not a prerequisite to use CIDER (however, it *is* required if you want to use the `cider-jack-in` command). ## Setting up a Leiningen or Boot project (optional) [Leiningen][] is the de-facto standard build/project management tool for Clojure. [Boot][] is a newer build tool offering abstractions and libraries to construct more complex build scenarios. Both have a similar scope to the Maven build tool favoured by Java developers (and they actually reuse many things from the Maven ecosystem). CIDER features a command called `cider-jack-in` that will start an nREPL server for a particular Leiningen or Boot project and connect to it automatically. This functionality depends on Leiningen 2.5.2+ or Boot 2.7.0+. Older versions are not supported. For Leiningen, follow the installation instructions on its web site to get it up and running and afterwards create a project like this: ``` $ lein new demo ``` The two main ways to obtain an nREPL connection are discussed in the following sections of the manual. ## Launch an nREPL server and client from Emacs Simply open in Emacs a file belonging to your `lein` or `boot` project (like `foo.clj`) and type M-x `cider-jack-in` RET. This will start an nREPL server with all the project dependencies loaded in and CIDER will automatically connect to it. Alternatively you can use C-u M-x `cider-jack-in` RET to specify the name of a `lein` or `boot` project, without having to visit any file in it. This option is also useful if your project contains both `project.clj` and `build.boot` and you want to launch a repl for one or the other. In Clojure(Script) buffers the command `cider-jack-in` is bound to C-c M-j. For further customizing the command line used for `cider-jack-in`, you can change the following (all string options): * `cider-lein-global-options`, `cider-boot-global-options`, `cider-gradle-global-options`: these are passed to the command directly, in first position (e.g. `-o` to `lein` enables offline mode). * `cider-lein-parameters`, `cider-boot-parameters`, `cider-gradle-parameters`: these are usually tasks names and their parameters (e.g.: `dev` for launching boot's dev task instead of the standard `repl -s wait`). ## Connect to a running nREPL server You can go to your project's directory in a terminal and type there: ``` $ lein repl ``` Or: ``` $ boot repl -s wait (or whatever task launches a repl) ``` Alternatively you can start nREPL either manually or by the facilities provided by your project's build tool (Maven, etc). After you get your nREPL server running go back to Emacs. Typing there M-x `cider-connect` RET will allow you to connect to the running nREPL server. In Clojure(Script) buffers the command `cider-connect` is bound to C-c M-c. You can configure known endpoints used by the `cider-connect` command offered via a completing read. This is useful if you have a list of common host/ports you want to establish remote nREPL connections to. Using an optional label is helpful for identifying each host. ```el (setq cider-known-endpoints '(("host-a" "10.10.10.1" "7888") ("host-b" "7888"))) ``` ## ClojureScript usage ClojureScript support relies on the [piggieback][] nREPL middleware being present in your REPL session. Add the following dependencies to your project (`project.clj` in Leiningen based project or `built.boot` in Boot project): ```clojure [com.cemerick/piggieback "0.2.1"] [org.clojure/clojure "1.7.0"] ``` as well as `piggieback` nREPL middleware: in `project.clj`: ```clojure :repl-options {:nrepl-middleware [cemerick.piggieback/wrap-cljs-repl]} ``` or in `built.boot`: ```clojure (task-options! repl {:middleware '[cemerick.piggieback/wrap-cljs-repl]}) ``` Issue M-x `customize-variable` RET and either `cider-cljs-lein-repl`, `cider-cljs-boot-repl` or `cider-cljs-gradle-repl` if you'd like to change the REPL used (the default is `rhino` where possible). Open a file in your project and issue M-x `cider-jack-in-clojurescript` RET. This will start up the nREPL server, and then create two REPL buffers for you, one in Clojure and one in ClojureScript. All usual CIDER commands will be automatically directed to the appropriate REPL, depending on whether you're visiting a `.clj` or a `.cljs` file. ### Browser-connected ClojureScript REPL Using Weasel, you can also have a browser-connected REPL. 1. Add `[weasel "0.7.0"]` to your project's `:dependencies`. 2. Issue M-x `customize-variable` RET plus either `cider-cljs-lein-repl`, `cider-cljs-boot-repl` or `cider-cljs-gradle-repl` and choose the `Weasel` option. 3. Add this to your ClojureScript code: ```clojure (ns my.cljs.core (:require [weasel.repl :as repl])) (repl/connect "ws://localhost:9001") ``` 4. Open a file in your project and issue M-x `cider-jack-in-clojurescript`. Provided that a Piggieback-enabled ClojureScript environment is active in your REPL session, code loading and evaluation will work seamlessly regardless of the presence of the `cider-nrepl` middleware. If the middleware is present then most other features of CIDER will also be enabled (including code completion, documentation lookup, the namespace browser, and macroexpansion). ### Browser-connected ClojureScript REPL in Boot project 1. Add this to your dependencies in `build.boot`: ```clojure [adzerk/boot-cljs "X.Y.Z" :scope "test"] [adzerk/boot-cljs-repl "X.Y.Z" :scope "test"] [pandeiro/boot-http "X.Y.Z" :scope "test"] [weasel "0.7.0" :scope "test"] [com.cemerick/piggieback "0.2.1" :scope "test"] ``` and this at the end of `build.boot`: ```clojure (require '[adzerk.boot-cljs :refer [cljs]] '[adzerk.boot-cljs-repl :refer [cljs-repl]] '[pandeiro.boot-http :refer [serve]]) (deftask dev [] (comp (serve) (watch) (cljs-repl) ; order is important!! (cljs))) ``` 2. Issue M-x `customize-variable` RET `cider-boot-parameters` and insert `dev`. 3. Open a file in your project and issue M-x `cider-jack-in-clojurescript`. 5. Connect to the running server with your browser. The address is printed on the terminal, but it's probably `http://localhost:3000`. For more information visit [boot-cljs-repl](https://github.com/adzerk-oss/boot-cljs-repl). ### Using the Figwheel REPL (Leiningen-only) You can also use [Figwheel](https://github.com/bhauman/lein-figwheel) with CIDER. 1. Set up Figwheel as normal, but make sure `:cljsbuild` and `:figwheel` settings are in the root of your Leiningen project definition. 2. Add these to your dev `:dependencies`: ```clojure [com.cemerick/piggieback "0.2.1"] [figwheel-sidecar "0.5.0-2"] ``` 3. Add this to your dev `:repl-options`: ```clojure :nrepl-middleware [cemerick.piggieback/wrap-cljs-repl] ``` 4. Instruct CIDER to use Figwheel in your Emacs config: ```el (setq cider-cljs-lein-repl "(do (use 'figwheel-sidecar.repl-api) (start-figwheel!) (cljs-repl))") ``` 5. Start the REPL with `cider-jack-in-clojurescript` (C-c M-J) 6. Open a browser to the Figwheel URL so that it can connect to your application. You now have two nREPL connections, one for Clojure and one for ClojureScript. CIDER will determine which to use based on the type of file you're editing. You should also check out [Figwheel's wiki](https://github.com/bhauman/lein-figwheel/wiki/Using-the-Figwheel-REPL-within-NRepl). [leiningen]: http://leiningen.org/ [boot]: http://boot-clj.com/ [piggieback]: https://github.com/cemerick/piggieback ## Working with `.cljc` files Ordinarily, CIDER dispatches code from `clj` files to Clojure REPLs and `cljs` files to ClojureScript REPLs. However, `cljc` files have two possible connection targets. By default, CIDER tries to evaluate `cljc` files in all matching connection buffers, both `clj` and `cljs` (if present). Simply put - if you're evaluating the code `(+ 2 2)` in a `cljc` file and you have an active Clojure and and active ClojureScript REPL, then the code is going to be evaluated 2 times - once for each of them. This behavior might be a bit confusing, but that's what we came up with, when ruminating what was the most logical thing to do out-of-the-box. This can be modified with M-x `cider-toggle-connection-buffer` RET. Toggling this once will choose one of the connections as the primary, and successive calls to M-x `cider-toggle-connection-buffer` RET will alternate which connection to use. To restore evaluation to both connections, invoke `cider-toggle-connection-buffer` with a prefix argument (C-u M-x `cider-toggle-connection-buffer` RET). If there is only a Clojure connection, no toggling will happen and a message will inform you that there are no other connections to switch to.