Hello,

I have started learning Clojure recently, my main programming language is Ruby and I have no Java experience whatsoever.

• Which Java standard classes are a must to know when working with Clojure?

  Obviously Clojure doesn't come with a wrapper for everything and a lot of functionality is provided by Java's libraries.

  There's like a gazillion of them on javadocs - which ones should I explore?

• Where do I look for and how do I install third party libraries?

  In Ruby I'd visit Rubyforge or Rubytoolbox and then just gem install the package I found interesting.

• Which editor/ide for Clojure would you recommend (with the lowest learning curve)?

  I am trying to use Netbeans with Enclojure and paradoxally it's my biggest obstacle so far:

  Each generated project has some xml files, folders, library dependencies etc. the purpose of I have no clue.

  I am doing some labrepl exercises and wanted to try out some of the bundled libraries separately in a new project, but this simple task I cannot accomplish :/

• Are there any clojure community driven blogs with news, code tips etc?