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How about a browser for Objective-C?

Entry published apr 14 2007

After working with Smalltalk and switching back to Objective-C, I’m really missing the Smalltalk browser. For those of you who don’t know, the Smalltalk browser is a class browser that you do coding in. You create methods, classes, and edit existing ones in the browser. You only look at one method at a time, and it’s awesome for reading code. The only stink is that the code is trapped in the Smalltalk image. When I went back to Objective-C, I was struck by how much time I wasted doing file manipulation: creating files, moving files, finding the file I want, adding the file to my Xcode project. Why can’t I have a browser that works like the Smalltalk browser but handles the file creation, manipulation for me? Then I can worry about the code, and it can organize it into files for me.

Now if only I had the time to write such a tool….

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Wes, 1 year, 5 months ago:

No need to write one. Just have a look at F-Script you can attach the fscript browser to existing apps or build it right in.