What is this?

This is a barebone IRC client.

Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome
• Firefox doesn’t work.

How to Run

lein clean
lein deps
java -cp 'lib/*:src/' clojure.main src/start_server.clj

Wait 10 seconds. Then navigate to: http://localhost:3005/

Within a minute, you’ll see irc freenode server output. The client will automatically join irc://irc.freenode.org/#bot-testing. Type message in textbox to chat in channel.

If you don’t see any server output. Try refreshing the browser. Then PM the clj-powered-bot to cause server output.

Why did I built it?

Out of curiosity.

Here are some of the technologies I played around with:

• websockets
• clojure (and futures)
• lamina (like GO channels)
• aleph (serving http requests with channels)
• compojure (like django)
• hiccup (DSL for HTML)

Screenshot