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Add to SafariWhen comparing Luminus vs Java, the Slant community recommends Java for most people. In the question“What are the best backend web frameworks?” Java is ranked 42nd while Luminus is ranked 59th. The most important reason people chose Java is:
It makes it easy to debug and to read code.
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Pros
Pro ClojureScript for client-side scripting
Luminus allows using ClojureScript for client-side development. This allows sharing things like validation logic between the server and the client.
Pro Luminus is flexible
Luminus is built on a stack of composable libraries that can be easily swapped to make the application fit the needs of the user. The applications are generated using Leiningen templates and can be initialized with a specific set of features, such as database connections, needed for a specific application.
Pro Good documentation
Luminus provides step-by-step documentation on how to accomplish common tasks.
Pro Simple to setup and use
Luminus is small and flexible. It's geared towards interactive development using the REPL. You can see your changes as you're working without having to restart the application.
Pro Verbosity
It makes it easy to debug and to read code.
Pro Mature ecosystem
The language and all its tools have enough time to age and they've aged well.
Pro Type-safe
It is easier to catch errors sooner.
Cons
Con Memory hungry
Running the virtual machine, application server and application itself consumes significant amount of resources.
Con Unnecessarily obtuse and verbose
If you like typing 40 lines of code to open a file, Java is the language for you. If, on the other hand, you’d actually like to get something done, look elsewhere.
Con Oracle
Enough said.
In more detail: Oracle has acquired Java from Sun and continues to surround it with controversy ever since (legendary lawsuit with google, money extortion from the enterprise users etc.).
