- Script Debugger
Infobox Software
name = Script Debugger
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developer =Late Night Software
latest release version = 4.0.7
latest release date =2007-05-29
latest preview version =
latest preview date =
operating system =Mac OS X
platform =
genre =AppleScript debugger
license =
website = http://www.latenightsw.com/sd4/Script Debugger is a Macintosh computer
source code editor and debugging environment for theAppleScript programming language, and other languages based onApple Inc. 'sOpen Scripting Architecture . It is a product ofLate Night Software .History
Script Debugger version 1.0 was released in
1995 byMark Alldritt . It was a third party alternative to Apple'sfreeware application, Script Editor. Its competitors at that time includedScriptWizard andMain Event Software 's popular Scripter. These two products today are defunct, leaving the only other competitors in the field beingSatimage 's Smile andintegrated development environment s such asFaceSpan andAppleScript Studio .Script Debugger contained several notable features: it was "scriptable," (it could be used to create scripts to control itself), "recordable", (it could create scripts based on user actions), and "attachable", (scripts could be written to respond to events). More importantly, Script Debugger allowed inspection of running applications, to see what events they were emitting. True to its name, Script Debugger also contains a full debugger, with support for breakpoints.
Script Debugger has since won many awards in the Macintosh scripting community. Version 1 received "5 mice" from
MacUser and 4 stars fromMacWEEK . Version 2 received the2000 MacWorld Eddy for "Best Development Software", and received "4.5 mice" from bothMacUser andMacWorld .On
February 9 ,2006 , version 4 of Script Debugger was released. This version was completely rewritten to take full advantage of the new Cocoa and Tiger APIs. The new release also included an improved version of theJavaScript OSA scripting component.External links
* [http://www.latenightsw.com/sd4/ Script Debugger 4.0]
* [http://www.tandb.com.au/applescript/editors/ AppleScript Editors] a comparison of several editors, out of date
* [http://www.applescriptsourcebook.com/links/applescripteditors.html AppleScript Editors] , a page of links to AppleScript utilities
* [http://www.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/reviews/16524/script-debugger-301.html MacUser UK] a review of version 3.0.1
* [http://www.macworld.com/2002/02/reviews/scriptdebugger/ Macworld] another review
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