Light Table (software) should not be confused with Lightroom.
| Light Table | |
| Author: | Chris Granger Robert Attorri |
| Developer: | Kodowa |
| Released: | [1] |
| Discontinued: | yes |
| Latest Release Date: | [2] [3] |
| Programming Language: | ClojureScript[4] |
| Genre: | Integrated development environment |
| License: | 2014: MIT 2014: GPL-3.0-only 2012: Proprietary |
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 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 supporting only Clojure, it has since aimed to support Python and JavaScript.[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]