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I thought LightTable is an IDE, not rethinking programming :) Anyway, great thinking, I've actually come to a lot of the same conclusions. I'd suggest an inspir
by ntoshev 12y ago
I thought LightTable is an IDE, not rethinking programming :) Anyway, great thinking, I've actually come to a lot of the same conclusions. I'd suggest an inspiration: spreadsheets. Can you implement the separation of data model from indexes/optimizing physical model in an ad-hoc spreadsheet-like UI? When thinking "spreadsheets" you should think about not just Excel, but also Lotus Improv (which is a more structured spreadsheet, which is both a strength and a weakness).
- jamii 12y agoLight Table is an IDE that attempted to simplify programming by improving the tooling on top of existing languages. Unfortunately, too many of the problems we are trying to fix are baked in at the language level and there is only so much an editor can do. Eve is our attempt at rethinking how languages should work. The UI we are currently working on is very spreadsheet-like. We show tables as grids. Rules are built by dragging columns of data into a working space. We deliberately don't support adhoc layout in the program itself but we will probably add some kind of presentation tool that links various tables into a nicely laid out report.