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> A meta toolkit for building such domain specific live programming environments may be very useful if live programming is to take off in the mainstream. That
by ibdknox 14y ago
> A meta toolkit for building such domain specific live programming environments may be very useful if live programming is to take off in the mainstream.
That's exactly what we're trying to do with LT, see my "The Future is Specific" post [1].
> they seem to be going back to being a traditional editor more and more (albeit extensible)
This is a necessary detour as we build a foundation that actually works and allows us to really make the more interesting stuff. If we can't even deal with files, what good are we going to be at dealing with the much more complicated scenario of groups of portions of files? :)
[1]: http://www.chris-granger.com/2012/05/21/the-future-is-specific/ http://www.chris-granger.com/2012/05/21/the-future-is-specif...
- jules 14y agoThat's great to hear! I really hope LightTable works out.