How do you get from Clojure to ClojureScript? Though I have had much practice with Clojure and understand the ecosystem around it, understanding the environment of ClojureScript has remained elusive. Surely it is possible to use ClojureScript without having a deep understanding of JavaScript, just like most Clojure code can be written with minimal Java knowledge?

I had dabbled in some JavaScript before — enough to know that I would rather be writing ClojureScript if at all possible. But most of the advice given to me was along the lines of: "go learn JavaScript React and come back later." Almost as if the only people coming to ClojureScript were JavaScript developers!

Here is what I’ve learned as I struggled to put a web app together. I hope it helps other developers who might be coming from a similar background.