Light Table (software)

Light Table (software)
Original author(s) Chris Granger, Robert Attorri
Initial release 12 April 2012 (2012-04-12)[1]
Preview release 0.8.0 / 10 December 2015 (2015-12-10)[2]
Written in ClojureScript[3]
Type Integrated development environment
License MIT [4]
Website www.lighttable.com

Light Table is an integrated development environment for software engineering developed by Chris Granger and Robert Attorri. It features real-time feedback allowing instant execution, debugging and access to documentation.[5] The instant feedback provides an unusual execution environment intended to help developing abstractions.[6]

The development team attempted to create a program which shows the programmer what the effects of their additions are in real-time, rather than requiring them to work out the effects as they write the code.[7] Though the program began by only supporting Clojure, it has since aimed to support Python and JavaScript due to their popularity.[6] The developers claim that the software can reduce programming time by up to 20%.[6]

It was financed by a Kickstarter fundraising campaign and subsequently backed by Y Combinator.[8] The Kickstarter campaign aimed to raise $200,000 USD and finished with $316,720 USD.[7]

See also

Live coding

References

  1. ↑ Light Table - a new IDE concept, 12 Apr 2012, Chris Granger
  2. ↑ , Light Table Blog
  3. ↑ Chris Granger (24 Jan 2013). "The IDE as a value". Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  4. ↑ LightTable - License, Chris Granger, retrieved 2014-11-13
  5. ↑ Craig Grannell. "Light Table: a better way to write code". net (magazine).
  6. 1 2 3 Lynley, Matt (August 28, 2012). "Meet Light Table: A Startup That Will Literally Change The Way App Development Works". Business Insider. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  7. 1 2 Finley, Klint (January 20, 2014). "Out in the Open: These Hackers Want to Give You Coding Superpowers". Wired. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  8. ↑ Ha, Anthony (August 21, 2012). "Y Combinator S12 Demo Day Batch 4: Meet Vayable, Light Table, viaCycle, and Others". Tech Crunch. Retrieved April 8, 2014.

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