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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The printf command offers well-defined behavior following the POSIX standard, which means it works the same way across shells and systems. Where echo often fails with escape sequences, printf handles ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

So after three weeks of PHP you’re just itching to do some serious development, right? Of course you are! And this week we’ll discuss a set of tools for doing that: Zend Studio and Zend Studio Server ...