Light Table (software)

Last updated
Original author(s) Chris Granger
Robert Attorri
Developer(s) Kodowa
Initial release12 April 2012;11 years ago (2012-04-12) [1]
Final release
0.8.1 [2]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 22 January 2016;7 years ago (22 January 2016) [3] [4]
Repository
Written in ClojureScript [5]
Type Integrated development environment
License 2014 [lower-alpha 1] : MIT
2014 [lower-alpha 2] : GPL-3.0-only [6]
2012 [lower-alpha 3] : Proprietary
Website lighttable.com   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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. [7] The instant feedback provides an execution environment intended to help developing abstractions. [8]

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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. [9] Though the program began by supporting only Clojure, it has since aimed to support Python and JavaScript. [8] The developers claim that the software can reduce programming time by up to 20%. [8]

It was financed by a Kickstarter fundraising campaign and subsequently backed by Y Combinator. [10] The Kickstarter campaign aimed to raise $200,000 USD and finished with $316,720 USD. [9]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 2014-11-06: MIT since version 0.7.0
  2. ↑ 2014-01-08: GPL-3.0-only from version 0.6.1 to 0.6.7.
  3. ↑ Proprietary from 2012 to version 0.6.0.

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References

  1. ↑ Granger, Chris (12 April 2012). "Light Table - a new IDE concept" . Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  2. ↑ "Release 0.8.1". 22 January 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Evitt, Kenny (21 January 2016). "Release 0.8.1". GitHub . Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  4. ↑ Rundberget, Magnus (21 January 2016). "ANN: Light Table version 0.8.1 released". Light Table Discussion (Mailing list). Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  5. ↑ Chris Granger (24 Jan 2013). "The IDE as a value" . Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  6. ↑ LightTable - License, Chris Granger, retrieved 2014-11-13
  7. ↑ Craig Grannell (8 November 2012). "Light Table: a better way to write code". net.
  8. 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.
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