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| developer = Late Night Software
| released = {{Start date and age|1995}}
| discontinued = yes
| latest release
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|01|18}}
| operating system = [[macOS]]
| platform = [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]]: [[ARM architecture family|ARM]], [[x86]]
| genre = [[AppleScript]] [[debugger]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[freeware]]
| website = {{URL|www.latenightsw.com}}
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== History ==
Script Debugger version 1.0 was released in 1995 by Mark Alldritt as a [[Third-party software component|third-party]] alternative to Apple's [[freeware]] application, [[AppleScript Editor|Script Editor]]. Its competitors at that time included ScriptWizard and Main Event Software's popular Scripter. {{As of|2024}}, those two products
Version 1
▲Script Debugger version 1.0 was released in 1995 by Mark Alldritt as a [[Third-party software component|third-party]] alternative to Apple's [[freeware]] application, [[AppleScript Editor|Script Editor]]. Its competitors at that time included ScriptWizard and Main Event Software's popular Scripter. {{|}}, those two products today are defunct, leaving only Satimage's [[Smile (software)|Smile]] and [[integrated development environment]]s such as [[FaceSpan]] (also from Late Night) and [[AppleScript Studio]] as Script Debugger's competitors in the field.
▲Version 1 on the program contained several notable features, such as: 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 [[Event-driven programming|events]]). More importantly, Script Debugger now allowed inspection of running applications to see what events they were emitting. The new utility also contained a full debugger, with support for [[breakpoint]]s.
On February 9, 2006, version 4
▲Script Debugger has since won many awards in the Macintosh scripting community. Version 1 received "5 mice" from ''[[MacUser]]'' and 4 stars from ''[[MacWEEK]]''. Version 2 received the 2000 Macworld Eddy for "Best Development Software", and received "4.5 mice" from both ''MacUser'' and ''[[Macworld]]''.
▲On February 9, 2006, version 4 of Script Debugger was released. This version was completely rewritten to take advantage of the new [[Cocoa (software)|Cocoa]] and [[Mac OS X v10.4|Tiger]] APIs. The new release also included an improved version of the [[JavaScript OSA]] scripting component.
Version 6 was released in June 2016, with support for new features such as [[code folding]] and AppleScriptObjC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://latenightsw.com/script-debugger-6-press-release/ |title=Script Debugger 6 Press Release |date=18 June 2016 |access-date=17 July 2016}}</ref>
▲Version 5 of Script Debugger was released in June 2012.
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On January 1, 2025, Mark Aldritt announced the planned retirement of Script Debugger
▲On January 1, 2025, Mark Aldritt announced the planned retirement of Script Debugger, and on May 31, 2025, it was officially retired. All macOS versions from 4.0 thru 8.0.10 of the software are now currently available for free download. For the full retirement announcement see <ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.latenightsw.com/t/retiring-script-debugger/5071|title=Script Debugger Announces It's Retiring|date=1 January 2025 |accessdate=3 June 2025}}</ref> and for Mark's goodbye note see <ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.latenightsw.com/t/script-debugger-retired/5182|title=Script Debugger Retires|date=31 May 2025 |accessdate=3 June 2025}}</ref>. For a list of all the freely available download versions see the Late Night Software web downloads page at <ref>{{cite web|url=https://latenightsw.com/sd8/download/|title=Script Debugger Free Downloads|date=31 May 2025 |accessdate=3 June 2025}}</ref>.
Script Debugger has been around for over 30 years and has helped countless AppleScript developers over the years. Thank you Mark Aldritt and everyone else who helped make this software so great over all those years. Many people's lives were made a little bit easier and more productive thanks to all the effort that went in to making this a product that was so fun to use and so productive, and some were made a whole lot easier. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You to Mark and Shane and all the others who made this software so fun and so helpful to so many people over three decades.
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