Smalltalk Professional Debug Package

An add on package for SmallTalk develop environments created by the Crafted Smalltalk company in 1995. The package provides several debugging enhancements to the and VisualWorks, ObjectWorks\Smalltalk and ENVY/Smalltalk development environments. The SPDP package was apparently available for all OS versions of the supported packages, meaning that it was probably supplied as a Smalltalk image.

Features

 * Breakpoints and watchpoints that don't affect the source code or log file,
 * Envy scratch edition is not required for breakpoints or watchpoints,
 * Method and class breakpoints and watchpoints,
 * Class breakpoints and watchpoints for variable reference and message received,
 * Management of watch windows,
 * Debugger skip-to-caret into and out of blocks,
 * Debugger temporary breakpoints and watchpoints,
 * Insertion of breakpoints and watchpoints in the debugger do not restart the method,
 * User modifiable software probes,
 * Synchronized Browser and Debugger code view,
 * Inspector commands to copy, compare, and paste object

Versions

 * Version 2.5
 * Last known version of the software, introduced in 2000, added support for newer versions of the other Smalltalk tools. Supported environments are:
 * VisualWorks Version 2.5.x, 3.0 and 5i, and any minor versions in-between. - SPDP Retail price: 175 USD
 * ENVY/Smalltalk Version 3.01, 4.0, 5i and any minor versions in-between. - SPDP Retail price: 275 USD
 * Emergency Evaluator and debugger improvements.

Introduced in late 1998, added support for newer versions of the other Smalltalk tools. Supported environments are:
 * Version 2
 * VisualWorks Version 2.5.x and 3.0, and any minor versions in-between. - SPDP Retail price: 149 USD
 * ENVY/Smalltalk Version 3.01 and 4.0, and any minor versions in-between. - SPDP Retail price: 249 USD
 * Emergency Evaluator improvements to recover a hung image.

Introduced in 1998, dropped support for ObjectWorks\Smalltalk and older versions of the other Smalltalk tools. Supported environments are:
 * Version 1.5
 * VisualWorks Version 2.5.x - SPDP Retail price: 149 USD
 * ENVY/Smalltalk Version 3.01 - SPDP Retail price: 249 USD
 * Better handling of ENVY libraries

Introduced in 1995, supported the following environments:
 * Version 1
 * VisualWorks Versions 1, 2 and 2.5, and any minor versions in-between. - SPDP Retail price: 89 USD
 * ObjectWorks\Smalltalk Version 4.1 - SPDP Retail price: 89 USD
 * ENVY/Smalltalk Versions 1.43 and 3.01 - SPDP Retail price: 149 USD

License

 * Commercial - Discontinued.

Author

 * Terry Raymond
 * Crafted Smalltalk