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Original author(s)	Chris Granger Robert Attorri
Developer(s)	Kodowa
Initial release	12 April 2012; 12 years ago (2012-04-12)
Final release	0.8.1  / 22 January 2016; 8 years ago (22 January 2016)
Repository	github.com/LightTable/LightTable
Written in	ClojureScript
Type	Integrated development environment
License	2014: MIT 2014: GPL-3.0-only 2012: Proprietary
Website	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. The instant feedback provides an execution environment intended to help developing abstractions.

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

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

See also

• Interactive programming
• Literate programming

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.

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. ^ 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.
9. ^ Finley, Klint (January 20, 2014). "Out in the Open: These Hackers Want to Give You Coding Superpowers". Wired. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
10. 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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