{"id":5,"date":"2007-01-05T17:09:41","date_gmt":"2007-01-06T01:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.latenightsw.com\/blog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2008-11-25T10:32:40","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T17:32:40","slug":"the-year-ahead-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markalldritt.com\/?p=5","title":{"rendered":"The Year Ahead – 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

2006 was a busy year. I completed the re-write of Script Debugger 4 in Cocoa, ported it from CodeWarrior to Xcode, and transitioned to Intel Macs. Along the way, there have been 5 maintenance Script Debugger 4 releases. I had hoped to also release FaceSpan 5 in 2006, but that did not work out.<\/p>\n\n

As we begin another year I think its time to layout my plan for the coming year.<\/p>\n\n

Script Debugger 4.0<\/h2>\n\n

In 2007 I\u2019ll continue releasing maintenance updates for Script Debugger 4. I have Script Debugger 4.0.6 waiting in the wings which will ship in the next month or so, and when Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) ships I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll have to tweak the software some more.<\/p>\n\n

FaceSpan 5.0<\/h2>\n\n

As some of you may recall, last year I acquired FaceSpan (an AppleScript-based User Interface builder) from Digital Technologies International. I went on to release FaceSpan 4.3 which addressed the most pressing bugs in the product.<\/p>\n\n

In the time since the release of FaceSpan 4.3 I have been working on FaceSpan 5. There have been some setbacks along the way and its taking more time than I planned. However, FaceSpan 5 is progressing and I think the results are going to be worth all the effort.<\/p>\n\n

FaceSpan 5, Script Debugger 5 and Affrus 2 all share the same script editing code. This means that editor improvements in one product (e.g. Regular Expression search and replace) are now quickly shared with the others. Also, FaceSpan 5 and Script Debugger 5 share the same dictionary viewing and AppleScript debugger code. I believe that this will make all the products progress much more quickly in the future. Since I work largely alone, this kind of code sharing is critical to making it possible to maintain so much software.<\/p>\n\n

Here\u2019s a teaser showing the new FaceSpan 5.0 project window and some of its inspectors:<\/p>\n\n

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The script editing areas you see have all of Script Debugger 4\u2019s editing capabilities (snippets, paste tell, etc.), and when you run a project, you have all of Script Debugger\u2019s debugging capabilities integrated directly into the FaceSpan IDE.<\/p>\n\n

Affrus 2.0<\/h2>\n\n

Affrus 2.0 is a re-write of Affrus 1.0 (a Perl editor and Debugger) using Apple\u2019s Cocoa Frameworks. This is similar to the work I undertook to re-write Script Debugger as a Cocoa application.<\/p>\n\n

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Here\u2019s a little teaser. This screen shot shows just two Affrus 2 features: projects and tabbed editing. Other key features for Affrus 2 are Ruby and Python debugging.<\/p>\n\n

Script Debugger 4.5<\/h2>\n\n

Once FaceSpan 5.0 and Affrus 2.0 have shipped (and all the code has been debugged), I will release Script Debugger 4.5. This update for Script Debugger 4.0 owners will deliver on my promise to provide scripting support and split-pane editing.<\/p>\n\n

Script Debugger 5.0 will have to wait for 2008, but I have big plans. Oh, and JavaScript OSA will get some TLC along the way as well.<\/p>\n\n

So thats the plan for 2007. It should be a great year with lots of new toys for everyone to play with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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