Dashcode
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| Dashcode | |
|---|---|
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 A preview version of Dashcode by Apple Inc. | |
| Developer | Apple Inc. |
| Stable release | 3.0.5
/ August 7, 2012 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Type | Widget development |
| Website | Dashcode Add-on Download (Apple Developer ID required) |
Dashcode was a software application created by Apple Inc. that was included with Mac OS X Leopard and facilitates the development of widgets for Dashboard. It was first included on new MacBooks shipping around the time of May 24, 2006, as part of the Xcode developer tools.
Dashcode, Version 3.0 (328), was included as part of Apple's Xcode developer tools on the Mac OS X Snow Leopard DVD as an optional install.
The last iteration of Dashcode, Version 3.0.5 for Xcode 4, is still available to developer account holders as an optional install from Downloads for Apple Developers (Apple Developer ID required).
WWDC
Steve Jobs mentioned Dashcode as a new feature to be included in Leopard during his 2006 WWDC keynote speech. Although not installed by default as part of an Xcode installation, the DVDs handed out at the WWDC did contain a version of Dashcode. Although the version number was in fact lower than that of the "MacBook build", the WWDC build of Dashcode contained several additional templates, as well as some interface and functionality improvements. This WWDC build launched on both Mac OS X v10.4 and the WWDC build of Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard"), but was unusable on 10.4 (crashes soon after startup).
Public beta
On December 20, 2006, Apple released a public beta of Dashcode. When announcing this release, Apple stated the beta had been "scaled back" for compatibility with Mac OS X v10.4. This beta expired on July 15, 2007.