Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k

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Post by kevinalexbrown » Sat, May 12, 2012, 7:22 PM UTC

Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k
kickstarter.com

Re: Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k

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Post by ibdknox » Sat, May 12, 2012, 7:26 PM UTC

I've been a little quiet lately as I've been working on the next demo before the end of the Kickstarter. Based on the reactions I've gotten so far, I think you guys are in for a treat :)

Re: Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k

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Post by endlessvoid94 » Sat, May 12, 2012, 7:30 PM UTC

ibdknox wrote: post #2

I've been a little quiet lately as I've been working on the next demo before the end of the Kickstarter. Based on the reactions I've gotten so far, I think you guys are in for a treat :)

Can't wait. Keep up the good work and when the inevitable criticism comes, ignore the haters.

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Post by Nate75Sanders » Sat, May 12, 2012, 7:34 PM UTC

There was some talk of Python support -- perhaps if the project reaches $300K or something along those lines.

Is there definitive information on this? How will the fund-raising proceed, in a logistics/mechanics sense if this is true?

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, May 12, 2012, 7:34 PM UTC

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Post by stcredzero » Sat, May 12, 2012, 7:34 PM UTC

A suggestion - find volunteers to develop an automated test suite for responsiveness:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3964829

If your tool is dependably correct and responsive, it will be a classic.

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Post by andreyf » Sat, May 12, 2012, 7:34 PM UTC

Nate75Sanders wrote: post #4

There was some talk of Python support -- perhaps if the project reaches $300K or something along those lines. Is there definitive information on this? How will the fund-raising proceed, in a logistics/mechanics sense if this is true?

It's right in the description: "If we hit $300k, Python will be the third language to be supported out of the gate."

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Post by scoot » Sat, May 12, 2012, 7:35 PM UTC

ibdknox wrote: post #2

I've been a little quiet lately as I've been working on the next demo before the end of the Kickstarter. Based on the reactions I've gotten so far, I think you guys are in for a treat :)

Looking forward to it. I didn't contribute at the initial rates, so was delighted when you took on board the comments here and rethought the pricing (if that's the right word).

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Post by jf » Sat, May 12, 2012, 7:49 PM UTC

If anybody else is interested, here is a Web Numbr graph of the funding for Light Table over time: http://webnumbr.com/light-table-pledged (Sadly, I didn't think of setting this up until it was really far along).

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Post by vibrunazo » Sat, May 12, 2012, 7:49 PM UTC

I'm complete ignorant at programming languages. But I've seen this video a few times, and it still seem like each feature are things I already do every single day of my life as an Android developer. Live documentation, organizing your work around functions, watching values and expressions change on debug etc. These are all things I already do every day.

So suppose lighttable adds support for Android development. How exactly would lighttable help me? What exactly can I do with it that I cannot do right now?

Are you guys backing this up just because it looks visually different? Is it because the languages it supports just don't have good tools for like Java does? Or am I missing something obvious here?