When your scripts don't behave as expected, having a solid debugging strategy makes the difference between hours of frustration and quickly finding the root cause. This guide covers everything from ...

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 ...

Late Night Software has updated Script Debugger to version 5.0, a major new release for the AppleScript authoring environment (for an overview, see Matt Neuburg’s “Script Debugger 4.5 Offers Power ...

Most AppleScript is written by guessing at a verb, running the script, reading a failure, and guessing again. script debugger mac exists to end that loop: a dictionary browser that shows what an ...

The Script Debugger status determines what debugging actions are available and what information it can display. The Script Debugger displays its status at the bottom left of the user interface. The ...

Before AppleScript Studio appeared on the scene in early December 2001, Late Night Software’s Script Debugger was the only AppleScript development environment for Mac OS X. Script Debugger 2 led the ...

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 ...

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 ...