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create a Java GUI with a REPL and canvas window

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Clojure
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Description

Create a Java GUI that contains a REPL but can also spawn a turtle graphics canvas.

This issue represents the Java version of the the issue in #11, which targets JavaScript.

There is a library for creating a REPL in a Java Swing GUI: https://github.com/alandipert/clj-swingrepl
And Seesaw makes Swing programming actually fun: https://github.com/daveray/seesaw

Creating a JS-targeted REPL as in #11 obviously has more relevance and reach, but having a Java version is better than not having one, all things being equal. At the time of this writing, neither exists, so deployment of clojure-turtle is still a bit 'manual'.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the related JavaScript issue #11 and reviewing the linked clj-swingrepl and Seesaw projects. Define the Java GUI’s REPL and turtle-canvas interaction, then verify that the GUI can host a REPL and spawn the canvas as described.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
clojure, java
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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