clojure-aero

You can manage environment-specific EDN configuration in Clojure by using the Aero library to parse a single config.edn file with profile-specific settings and environment variable injection. This allows dynamic configuration loading based on deployment environments like development or production.

The best way to inject environment variables into Clojure configuration files is by using Aero reader tags within your EDN configuration. This approach automatically pulls values from system environment variables and can coerce them into required data types like numbers or booleans.

Yes, you can reference other configuration values inside an EDN file to maintain DRY principles by using Aero's configuration referencing features. Aero also supports modular configuration, allowing you to include and resolve cross-file references from other EDN files.

Yes, Aero supports type coercion for environment variables loaded from EDN configuration. It automatically converts string values obtained from the environment into appropriate Clojure data types such as numbers, booleans, or keywords as specified by your reader tags.

Yes, you need the Aero library to load profile-based settings from an EDN file because it provides the custom reader tags required for parsing and resolving the configuration. Without Aero, the profile-specific resolution and environment variable injection will not function.