Light Table vs Nova

Nova vs Light Table: What are the differences?

Developers describe Nova as "The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor". It is the new native code editor for Mac. It is packed with features, built for modern workflows, lightning-fast and stylish. It also has a robust extensions architecture and replaces Code for Mac. On the other hand, Light Table is detailed as "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.

Nova and Light Table can be categorized as "Text Editor" tools.

Some of the features offered by Nova are:

• A powerful editor
• A themeable interface
• Flexible workflows

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

• Free and open source
• Cross-platform
• Lightweight

Light Table is an open source tool with 11.3K GitHub stars and 939 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Light Table's open source repository on GitHub.