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AppleScript Editor
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<p>Script Editor (called AppleScript Editor from 2009 to 2014) is a <a href="/facts/Source_code_editor/D0hecHMt">code editor</a> for the <a href="/facts/AppleScript/cc3rc4wD">AppleScript</a> and <a href="/facts/JavaScript_for_Automation/cc3rc4wD">Javascript for Automation</a> scripting languages, included in <a href="/facts/Classic_Mac_OS/I5fQq44K">classic Mac OS</a> and <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>. </p><p>AppleScript Editor provides basic <a href="/facts/Debugging/QtdpPJT0">debugging</a> capabilities and can save AppleScripts as <i>plain text</i> (.applescript), as a <i>compiled script</i> (.scpt), as a <i>script bundle</i> (.scptd), or as an <i>application</i> (.app). AppleScript Editor also handles script dictionary files, allowing the user to see what scripting classes and commands are available for each scriptable application installed on the computer. </p><p>Prior to <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X_10.3/lDrnzKAe">Mac OS X 10.3</a>, Script Editor was developed using <a href="/facts/Carbon_(API)/KAIwFWI2">Carbon</a>. 10.3 introduced a new Script Editor written using <a href="/facts/Cocoa_(API)/p10p5aFI">Cocoa</a>. It was called AppleScript Editor from <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X_10.6/GGNogRTe">Mac OS X 10.6</a> to <a href="/facts/OS_X_10.10/nUzgd9Il">10.10</a>, when the application added support for JavaScript for Automation. </p>