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{{Infobox Softwaresoftware

| name title = Script Debugger

| logo = [[Image:Script Debugger.png|64px|Script Debugger icon]]

| logo caption = Script Debugger icon

| screenshot =

| logo size = 100px

| caption =

| screenshot =

| developer = [[Late Night Software]]

| caption =

| developer = [[Late Night Software]]

| released = {{Start date and age|1995}}

| latest release version = 8

| latest release date = {{releaseStart date and age|2021|05|04}}

| operating system = [[Mac OS XmacOS]]

| latest preview version =

| platform = [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]]

| latest preview date =

| genre = [[AppleScript]] [[debugger]]

| operating system = [[Mac OS X]]

| license = [[Proprietary software|proprietary]]

| platform =

| website = http://{{URL|www.latenightsw.com/}}

| genre = [[AppleScript]] [[debugger]]

| license =

| website = http://www.latenightsw.com/

}}

'''Script Debugger''' is a [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh computer]] [[source -code editor]] and [[Debugger|debuggingdebugger]] environment for the [[AppleScript]] programming language]]s [[AppleScript]], and other languagesothers based on [[Apple Inc.]]'s [[Open Scripting Architecture]]. It is a product of [[Late Night Software]].

== 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. (software){{|Scripter]].}}, Thesethose 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 current 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.

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.

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==External links==

* [http://{{Official website|www.latenightsw.com/ Script Debugger 8]}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050615083836/http://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

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