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).
Webnumbr is damn cool.
Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k
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Re: Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k
#12There 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."
I see it now, thanks.
I guess my concern is that that's pretty far down the page and since the the fact that the $200K goal has been met is prominent, that message might not get across very well.
Re: Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k
#13Since Light Table relies on CodeMirror (AFAIK), will some amount of money go to Marijn Haverbeke, along with other kinds of contributions to his project?
Re: Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k
#14Since Light Table relies on CodeMirror (AFAIK), will some amount of money go to Marijn Haverbeke, along with other kinds of contributions to his project?
We'll definitely be working something out with him. :)
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#15This IDE/text editor has some very good ideas, but I would never use it because it doesn't seem like it will be open source, free software, or even freeware.
I wouldn't rely on a text editor that can't be improved and changed by the community.
Besides, it seems to run inside the browser, and most browsers (even for a single tab) consume quite some RAM.
Good luck, nonetheless!
Re: Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k
#16I'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…
You sound dead on to me. Java tooling is basically light years ahead of JavaScript, just because it's so much easier to write for a static language. Most people don't learn all the advanced features of Eclipse and other IDEs and debugging until they are stuck writing in them for years and years anyway. I know how to do things in hot keys in Eclipse that I don't even know how to do otherwise. Hot code replace and debugging and all the other stuff is similarly an advanced topic, even for many Java coders, so it is no surprise JavaScript programmers think it is something new.
Re: Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k
#17This IDE/text editor has some very good ideas, but I would never use it because it doesn't seem like it will be open source, free software, or even freeware. I wouldn't rely on a text editor that can't be improved and changed by the community. Besides, it seems to run inside the browser, and most browsers (even for a single tab) consume quite some RAM. Good luck, nonetheless!
at least read the description of the product you are criticising...
Re: Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k
#18This IDE/text editor has some very good ideas, but I would never use it because it doesn't seem like it will be open source, free software, or even freeware. I wouldn't rely on a text editor that can't be improved and changed by the community. Besides, it seems to run inside the browser, and most browsers (even for a single tab) consume quite some RAM. Good luck, nonetheless!
It will absolutely be open source. You just didn't read the FAQ ;)
Re: Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k
#19This IDE/text editor has some very good ideas, but I would never use it because it doesn't seem like it will be open source, free software, or even freeware. I wouldn't rely on a text editor that can't be improved and changed by the community. Besides, it seems to run inside the browser, and most browsers (even for a single tab) consume quite some RAM. Good luck, nonetheless!
Did you even look at the page?
On the page it clearly states that it will be open source and will be extendable using javascript.
Re: Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k
#20Light Table is an interesting approach. I think, it would turn out to be something different & interesting if the project leverages that aspect of it. There are lots of editors which have already done a fine job of editing code. Unless a new interface to computers comes along, those are here to stay.
What I am trying to say I guess is that, if the project separated the approach and editing aspects of coding, and then integrated the approach aspect with already existing editors (or an API/protocol of sorts, like what X server is to the various WM/DE); I believe it will turn into something really interesting.