Dolphin Smalltalk, or "Dolphin" for short, is an implementation of the

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for

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. The Dolphin 7 version release coincided with the project going

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using the

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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 convention of the Smalltalk MVC framework with the choice of a

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framework.

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 for managing Dolphin browsers and tools and associating them together with a particular 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

External links

Object Arts website
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Dolphin Smalltalk on Github
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