Dave's setup for starting a prepl server in Boot projects

00-conjure.edn

;; ~/.config/conjure/conjure.edn
{:conns
 ;; My `prepl-server` task spits out a `.socket-port` file when it starts a
 ;; prepl server. This configuration allows Conjure to find the prepl server
 ;; without needing to specify the port explicitly.
 {:cwd {:port #slurp-edn ".socket-port"}}}

01-profile.boot

;; Put this in your boot config file (mine lives at ~/.config/boot/profile.boot)
(deftask prepl-server
  "Start a prepl server."
  [p port PORT int "The port on which to start the prepl server (optional)."]
  (comp
    (socket-server
      :accept 'clojure.core.server/io-prepl
      :port   port)
    (wait)))

;; Worth noting: I contributed this task to Boot, and it got merged into the
;; master branch, so in some future release of Boot, `prepl-server` will be
;; available out of the box as a built-in task.

02-usage.txt

# Run this in the root directory of any project with a build.boot
$ boot prepl-server