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== History ==

Script Debugger version 1.0 was released in [[1995]] by [[Mark Alldritt]]. It was a [[Third-party software component|third -party]] alternative to Apple's [[freeware]] application, [[Apple Developer Tools#Script Editor|Script Editor]]. Its competitors at that time included [[ScriptWizard]] and [[Main Event Software]]'s popular [[Scripter (software)|Scripter]]. These two products today are defunct, leaving the only other competitors in the field being [[Satimage]]'s [[Smile (software)|Smile]] and [[integrated development environment]]s such as [[FaceSpan]] (also from Late Night) and [[AppleScript 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 [[Event-driven programming|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 from [[MacWEEK]]. Version 2 received the [[2000]] [[MacWorldMacworld Eddy]] for "Best Development Software", and received "4.5 mice" from both [[MacUser]] and [[MacWorldMacworld]].

On [[February 9]], [[2006]], version 4 of Script Debugger was released. This version was completely rewritten to take full 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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