When Apple was touting Automator as part of the OS X 10.4 Tiger upgrade, some people wondered whether AppleScript would be needed anymore. Now that we’ve seen Automator, AppleScript may be needed more ...

As is so often the case in the cyclic world of software development, history repeats itself, but (despite Marx’s dictum) it’s better the second time. A couple of years ago, my TidBITS contributions ...

Script Debugger is a Mac source code editor and debugging environment for the AppleScript programming language, as well as other languages based on Apple Inc.’s Open Scripting Architecture. Re-written ...

Under Mac OS X 10.2.x, Script Debugger fails to compile large scripts. When attempting to compile scripts over 3000 lines, the program will return an "out of memory ...

One of the most difficult things about PowerShell scripting is finding and fixing any bugs that exist within the script. This process isn't usually a big deal for short PowerShell scripts, but it can ...

Script Debugger 3.0, a Carbonized AppleScript authoring tool for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, is now available from Late Night Software. The successor to the Macworld 2000 Eddy for Best Development Software ...

One of the most difficult things about PowerShell scripting is finding and fixing any bugs that exist within the script. This process isn't usually a big deal for short PowerShell scripts, but it can ...

AppleScript geeks, rejoice! Late Night Software's Script Debugger 4 is out, and it looks good. The UI has been overhauled to take up less screen real estate, while taking advantage of the wide screen ...

How do I stop the script editor from prompting me to debug scripts in Internet Explorer? This is frustrating. Pics included. sandino Apr 10, 2002 Jump to latest Follow Reply ...

A recent post about debugging constructs surprised me. There were quite a few comments about how you didn’t need a debugger, as long as you had printf. For that matter, we’ve all debugged systems ...