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{{short description|Code editor for the AppleScript and Javascript for Automation scripting languages}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = AppleScriptScript Editor

| logo = AppleScript Editor Logo.png

| screenshot = AppleScript Editor.png

| caption = AppleScriptScript Editor running on [[OS XmacOS YosemiteMonterey]]

| developer = [[Apple Inc.]]

| latest release version = 2.911

| latest release date = {{start date and age|20162018|0708|0618}}<ref>{{citeCitation webneeded|url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/16/6978157/mac-os-x-yosemite-release-mac-app-store-october-16th|title=OS X 10.10 Yosemite release date|accessdate=16 NovemberOctober 20142020}}</ref>

| operating_system = [[Classic Mac OS]], [[macOS]]

| genre = [[Source code editor]]

| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

| website = {{URL|developer.apple.com/applescriptlibrary/archive/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/MacAutomationScriptingGuide/GettoKnowScriptEditor.html}}

}}

'''AppleScriptScript Editor''', formerly and more recently known as(called '''ScriptAppleScript Editor,''' from 2009 to 2014) is a [[Source code editor|code editor]] for the [[AppleScript]] and [[JavaScript for Automation|Javascript for Automation]] scripting languagelanguages, included in [[classic Mac OS]] and [[macOS]].<ref>{{Cite AppleScriptweb|title=About Script Editor provideson basic [[debugging]] capabilities and can save AppleScripts as plain text (Mac|url=https://support.applescript), as a compiled script (apple.scpt), as a com/guide/script bundle (.scptd), or as an application (.app). AppleScript Editor also handles -editor/about-script-editor-scpedt6935/mac|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Apple dictionarySupport|language=en}}</ref> files, allowing the user to see what scripting classes and commands are available for each scriptable application installed on the computer.

AppleScript Editor provides basic [[debugging]] capabilities<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edit scripts with Script Editor on Mac|url=https://support.apple.com/guide/script-editor/edit-scripts-scpedt1010/2.11/mac/10.15|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Apple Support|language=en}}</ref> and can save AppleScripts as ''plain text'' (.applescript), as a ''compiled script'' (.scpt), as a ''script bundle'' (.scptd), or as an ''application'' (.app).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Save a script as an app in Script Editor on Mac|url=https://support.apple.com/guide/script-editor/save-a-script-as-an-app-scpedt1072/2.11/mac/10.15|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Apple Support|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Save a compiled script in Script Editor on Mac|url=https://support.apple.com/guide/script-editor/save-a-compiled-script-scpedt1071/mac|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Apple Support|language=en}}</ref> AppleScript Editor also handles script dictionary files, allowing the user to see what scripting classes and commands are available for each scriptable application installed on the computer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=View an app’s scripting dictionary in Script Editor on Mac|url=https://support.apple.com/guide/script-editor/view-an-apps-scripting-dictionary-scpedt1126/2.11/mac/10.15|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Apple Support|language=en}}</ref>

Prior to [[Mac OS X 10.3]], Script Editor was developed using [[Carbon (API)|Carbon]]. 10.3 introduced a new Script Editor written using [[Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]].

Prior to [[Mac OS X 10.3]], Script Editor was developed using [[Carbon (API)|Carbon]]. 10.3 introduced a new Script Editor written using [[Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]]. It was called AppleScript Editor from [[Mac OS X 10.6]] to [[OS X 10.10|10.10]], when the application added support for JavaScript for Automation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Guyot |first=Alex |date=2014-10-17 |title=Extensibility and Automation Changes in OS X Yosemite |url=https://www.macstories.net/mac/extensibility-and-automation-changes-in-os-x-yosemite/ |website=MacStories |access-date=2023-03-03}}</ref>

== History ==

AppleScript Editor was known as "Script Editor" until [[Mac OS X 10.6]]. Also, in [[OS X 10.10]] it was renamed back to "Script Editor", likely because of the introduction of [[JavaScript for Automation]].

== See also ==