Dolphin Smalltalk, or "Dolphin" for short, is an implementation of the
programming language
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Smalltalk
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for
Microsoft Windows
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.
The Dolphin 7 version release coincided with the project becoming
free and open-source software
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under an
MIT License
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Unl ...
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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
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* the model, the internal representat ...
(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
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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.
References
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:* (Tutorial for the 2000 European Smalltalk User Group conference)
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External links
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ec 2024*
* (tutorial)
Smalltalk programming language family
Software using the MIT license
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