Dolphin Smalltalk
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Dolphin Smalltalk, or "Dolphin" for short, is an implementation of the programming language Smalltalk for Microsoft Windows.
| Dolphin Smalltalk | |
|---|---|
 Dolphin Smalltalk 7 | |
| Paradigm | object-oriented |
| Family | Smalltalk |
| Designed by | Andy Bower, Blair McGlashan |
| Developers | Intuitive Systems, Object Arts |
| First appeared | 1 August 1997 |
| Stable release | 7.1.24
/ 19 June 2022[1] |
| Preview release | 8.0
/ January 2024 |
| Typing discipline | objects, dynamic |
| Scope | Lexical (static) |
| Implementation language | Smalltalk |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64 |
| OS | Windows |
| License | MIT |
| Website | www |
| Influenced by | |
| Smalltalk-80 | |
The Dolphin 7 version release coincided with the project becoming free and open-source software under an MIT License.[1]
Dolphin uses an integrated development environment. The toolset of this Smalltalk dialect include an integrated refactoring browser, a package browser and a WYSIWYG "view composer". Dolphin deviates from the conventional Smalltalk framework of model–view–controller (MVC), instead using model–view–presenter (MVP).
Features
- Integration of the Refactoring Browser tools from Refactory Inc.
- Package-based browsing environment as an alternative to a conventional Smalltalk class hierarchy browser.
- A tabbed container to manage Dolphin browsers and tools and associating them together with a given idea or workflow. The goal is to save screen space and clutter and to help developers focus on their train of thought.
- Source code management very similar to the ENVY source code manager that was available for some other commercial Smalltalk dialects.
