What is Cursive IDE?
Cursive IDE is an integrated development environment (IDE) plugin designed specifically for Clojure development. It is available as a plugin for both IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio.
Some key features of Cursive IDE include:
- Structural editing - Edit Clojure code based on its structure rather than plain text
- Intelligent code completion
- Integrated REPL for evaluating code interactively
- Debugging support
- Integration with Leiningen for managing dependencies and building projects
- Powerful refactoring tools
- Support for ClojureScript, ClojureCLR, and other Clojure variants
Essentially, Cursive IDE aims to make Clojure development more efficient and productive within IntelliJ or Android Studio. Its deep understanding of Clojure language structures and semantics combined with the rich set of editing features allow developers to focus more on writing code rather than environment setup and configuration.
By leveraging IntelliJ or Android Studio's existing functionality, Cursive combines those robust features with specializations for Clojure development. Companies and teams that use Clojure can benefit from enhanced developer productivity when using Cursive IDE.