Light Table vs highlight.js

highlight.js vs Light Table: What are the differences?

What is highlight.js? Syntax highlighter in JavaScript. It works in the browser as well as on the server. It works with pretty much any markup, doesn’t depend on any framework, and has automatic language detection.

What is Light Table? It features real-time feedback allowing instant execution, debugging and access to documentation. It is a new interactive IDE that lets you modify running programs and embed anything from websites to games. It gives real time feedback on the changes you make to your code, and shows how data values flow through your entire program. As such, it doesn't just provide the answers, but instead helps you understand why the answers are what they are.

highlight.js and Light Table can be primarily classified as "Text Editor" tools.

Some of the features offered by highlight.js are:

• Import Highlight.js as a CommonJS-module
• The default import imports all languages
• Custom Initialization

On the other hand, Light Table provides the following key features:

• Free and open source
• Cross-platform
• Lightweight