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LightTable was not updated for a year now. I actually backed it and now the IDE seems abandoned never to reach 1.0. I've lost trust in the developers and I won'

by edem 10y ago

LightTable was not updated for a year now. I actually backed it and now the IDE seems abandoned never to reach 1.0. I've lost trust in the developers and I won't recommend Eve to anyone because of the fear that they will abandon it as well and start chasing the next big dream.

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pluma 10y ago
Just for context: 0.8.0 and 0.7.0 were both release near the end of the year with one year between them[0] (2015 and 2014 respectively). If there is a 0.9.0 coming up I'd expect it in late November or December this year, accordingly. However there has been barely any progress[1] on the GitHub repo since February (compared to the previous years), the last commit was 20 days ago and even before that there were typically several days in between commits. So it's fair to say the IDE seems abandoned. However, the LightTable devs have stated that they see Eve as the logical continuation of the idea behind LightTable[2]. While the promise that "LightTable will continue to go on strong" seems to be the typical startup pivot lie I don't think their behaviour is quite as erratic as you make it seem. By the way, I'm also a Kickstarter backer and I have the shirt to prove it. I was hoping for a nicer JavaScript IDE and would have been very satisfied with their original promise but I can see the appeal of going a step further. The move from LT to Eve feels a lot like a bait and switch to those who just wanted a better IDE for the languages they currently get to work with. [0]: http://lighttable.com/blog/ http://lighttable.com/blog/ [1]: https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable/graphs/contributors?from=2016-01-31&to=2016-10-29&type=c https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable/graphs/contributors... [2]: http://www.chris-granger.com/2014/10/01/beyond-light-table/ http://www.chris-granger.com/2014/10/01/beyond-light-table/

by edem 10y ago

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pluma 10y ago

Just for context: 0.8.0 and 0.7.0 were both release near the end of the year with one year between them[0] (2015 and 2014 respectively). If there is a 0.9.0 coming up I'd expect it in late November or December this year, accordingly. However there has been barely any progress[1] on the GitHub repo since February (compared to the previous years), the last commit was 20 days ago and even before that there were typically several days in between commits. So it's fair to say the IDE seems abandoned. However, the LightTable devs have stated that they see Eve as the logical continuation of the idea behind LightTable[2]. While the promise that "LightTable will continue to go on strong" seems to be the typical startup pivot lie I don't think their behaviour is quite as erratic as you make it seem. By the way, I'm also a Kickstarter backer and I have the shirt to prove it. I was hoping for a nicer JavaScript IDE and would have been very satisfied with their original promise but I can see the appeal of going a step further. The move from LT to Eve feels a lot like a bait and switch to those who just wanted a better IDE for the languages they currently get to work with. [0]: http://lighttable.com/blog/ http://lighttable.com/blog/ [1]: https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable/graphs/contributors?from=2016-01-31&to=2016-10-29&type=c https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable/graphs/contributors... [2]: http://www.chris-granger.com/2014/10/01/beyond-light-table/ http://www.chris-granger.com/2014/10/01/beyond-light-table/