Slack app in Clojure

[practicalli-johnny]

Create an example project and accompanying guide showing how to build a Slack application in Clojure

Topics

• pre-requisites
• slack account & credentials
• slack API
• Create slack app
• Deploy slack app
• build simple Clojure application and integrate with Slack app
  • calling slack API endpoints (clj-http-client or http-kit/client)
  • fundamental API calls for slack
    • post a message
    • respond to slash command
• ngrok for local testing
  • https://ngrok.com/docs/getting-started/
  • https://dashboard.ngrok.com/
• web sockets for local testing
• host clojure app (AWS, Render.com)