Nightlight
Dev tools
code editor
SHOW HN2016
195points
63comments
#139of 2,264 in 2016
Top 7%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
10 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 9 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 9 for, 5 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever approach of running the editor inside the application process
From 3 comments
This is actually really creative and clever! In fact it's the first project of it's kind that I've ever heard of! Basically it's a library that runs a web server that serves a…
sdegutis on HNAgreed! The author mentioned Smalltalk and it instantly clicked for me. Having a live programming environment sounds awesome, it sounds like it will fit my thinking pattern…
tunaoftheland on HNJust wanted to repeat my sentiment in another thread, that I love this approach to problem solving. The outcome appears to be a tradeoff, but one that simplifies the hard part…
tunaoftheland on HN
Live programming and Smalltalk-like interactivity
From 3 comments
The possibilities of this thing blow my mind. Very cool idea.
swalsh on HNAgreed! The author mentioned Smalltalk and it instantly clicked for me. Having a live programming environment sounds awesome, it sounds like it will fit my thinking pattern…
tunaoftheland on HNThis is amazing. Could you provide a "starter image" in the form of, say, an android .apk ? That would get me started on clojure very quickly (that would be the smalltalk way)
slim on HN
Objections
Embedding an IDE in the project is a dependency and security concern for production
From 3 comments
I like the idea of a browser based IDE. I like the idea of an IDE for a lisp-like language that actually offers first-class auto-completion. I don't like the idea of embedding it…
gravypod on HNI wouldn't want to risk something this critical being in my project. I'm stupid so I try and limit my own attack surface against myself.
gravypod on HNYea it seems like a great project but I don't really like to think of my IDE as a dependency of my code but rather my code as a dependency of my IDE.
gravypod on HN
Offers little over Emacs with CIDER or SLIME
From 3 comments
I don't really see how the integration would be any better than what I'm getting already from Emacs: I can already patch the code live, etc, through a REPL, and run the code as I…
qwertyuiop924 on HNI am ignorant of SLIME/CIDER (though I think I've used the latter with Clojure). Do they have access to the same memory space as the running application and the ability to…
tunaoftheland on HNThat's true, but the practical effect (having access to application internals, interacting with live program state, the ability to connect to a live program and hotpatch it, even…
qwertyuiop924 on HN
Toolbar buttons duplicate well-known shortcuts
From 2 comments
This is actually really creative and clever! In fact it's the first project of it's kind that I've ever heard of! Basically it's a library that runs a web server that serves a…
sdegutis on HNNeat! Better than nothing! Still not as context-aware as IntelliJ does (sometimes), but it's hard to beat Jetbrains, especially as a sole developer. Plus Clojure doesn't exactly…
sdegutis on HN
Requests
Credit Light Table as inspiration
From 1 comment
Wish it credited Light Table as inspiration (http://lighttable.com/) :/ Even the term "instarepl" is taken from LT's creator, Chris Granger. Of course LT's inspiration is…
fedess on HN
Support for Google App Engine
From 1 comment
I would love to see if this works on Google App Engine. GAE has some strict requirements, as far as what its apps are allowed to do, but, up until now, it's been a pretty closed…
Jeaye on HN
Questions
How is code completion easier than with an nREPL-based editor?
From 1 comment
> "More powerful editors like Cider and Cursive manage to do this with some very complex machinery that I could never duplicate. Instead, I decided to rethink the problem. Since…
sdegutis on HN
Can it be excluded from production builds?
From 3 comments
Maybe a Clojure equivalent to NPM's "devDependencies" can manage something like this, so that it gets excluded from the final deployment JAR. It's been a while since I'd done…
tunaoftheland on HNBoth the major Clojure / ClojureScript build tools - boot and leiningen - support dev only dependencies.
macmac on HNLeiningen makes this easy. During development, the :dev profile is run (joined with the project definition), but it's excluded from builds (JAR, WAR, etc.).
eyelidlessness on HN
Alternatives named
Emacs with CIDER or SLIME
From 2 comments
I don't really see how the integration would be any better than what I'm getting already from Emacs: I can already patch the code live, etc, through a REPL, and run the code as I…
qwertyuiop924 on HNCIDER allow for many of the same features, IIRC. But you likely already knew that, and I'm primarily working in Scheme with Geiser, so what do I know?
qwertyuiop924 on HN
Cursive
From 2 comments
Something more advanced yet similar to Nightcode is something I am definitely excited to try as an alternative to Emacs and Cursive. Also gotta try this with play-clj to see how…
runeblaze on HNActually, Cursive doesn't do this, it analyses source for its completions.
lemming on HN
Nightcode
From 1 comment
It's the same author, so I'm assuming that this is his spiritual continuation of Nightcode with a huge update. EDIT: They are going to remain separate, here's what he wrote on…
yojex on HN
Light Table
From 1 comment
Wish it credited Light Table as inspiration (http://lighttable.com/) :/ Even the term "instarepl" is taken from LT's creator, Chris Granger. Of course LT's inspiration is…
fedess on HN