Light Table (software)
Text editor and IDE
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Light Table is a discontinued 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]
| Light Table | |
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| Original authors | Chris Granger Robert Attorri |
| Developer | Kodowa |
| Release | 12 April 2012[1] |
| Final release | |
| Written in | ClojureScript[5] |
| Type | Integrated development environment |
| License | 2014[a]: MIT 2014[b]: GPL-3.0-only[6] 2012[c]: Proprietary |
| Website | lighttable |
| Repository | |
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]