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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, [[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 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.
 
From version 1 on the program 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 now allowed inspection of running applications to see what events they were emitting. True to its name, the new utility also contained a full debugger, with support for [[breakpoint|breakpoints]]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 full advantage of the new [[Cocoa (software)|Cocoa]] and [[Mac_OS_X_v10Mac OS X v10.4|Tiger]] APIs. The new release also included an improved version of the [[JavaScript OSA]] scripting component.
 
Version 5 of Script Debugger was released in June 2012.
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