Getting Started : Smalltalk Development Tools
Smalltalk Development Tools
VAST Platform provides a set of tools that assist you in browsing and editing the software components in your image.
o Workspace enables you to enter and work with text, including Smalltalk code.
o Transcript has the capabilities of the Workspace and also enables you to monitor changes to the development image.
o Classes Browser enables you to look at all of the classes in your image.
o Class Browser enables you to look at a specific class in your image.
o Class Hierarchy Browser enables you to look at the hierarchy of a specific of the class in your image.
o Application Browser enables you to look at a specific application in your image.
o Applications Browser enables you to look at all of the applications in your image.
o Application Manager coordinates the activities of the application's developers and ensures that the configuration information for the application is correct.
o Debugger enables you to look at live objects midway in the execution path.
This book describes the basic use of these tools in creating a simple example application. For more in-depth information on these tools, see Smalltalk User Guide.
VAST Platform also has an available add-on product which allows you to construct user interfaces from common widgets in a WSIWYG editor. For more information, see WindowBuilder Pro for Smalltalk.
Last modified date: 02/16/2023