| Paradigm | Object-oriented |
|---|---|
| Family | Smalltalk |
| Designed by | Stefan Urbanek |
| First appeared | 5 September 2005 |
| Final release | 0.12
/ 30 June 2006 |
| Typing discipline | Dynamic |
| Implementation language | Objective-C |
| Platform | GNUstep |
| OS | GNUstep |
| License | GPL |
| Website | www |
| Influenced by | |
| Smalltalk | |
StepTalk is the official GNUstep scripting language framework that represents separate scriptable servers or applications as a single object environment. It is meant to be independent of the programming language used. Its default language is Smalltalk running on an Objective-C runtime.
StepTalk was ported to Mac OS X.
Introduction
The goal of StepTalk is to provide an environment for gluing applications together and to provide a framework for communication between users and objects in the applications. Other major goals are:
- Simple and quick extensions of applications or tools
- Batch-processing of objects in applications or tools
- Fast prototyping of applications or new application features; play and tune a concept in a reactive interpreted environment
The default scripting language in StepTalk is Smalltalk. This is because Smalltalk is a very simple language and is easy to learn. There are just a few basic principles that a user must know to be able to use the language, and it is similar to a natural language. Smalltalk uses a similar approach to that of Objective-C, the language used in GNUstep.
Platforms
StepTalk works on any platform on which GNUstep works. Ports to native macOS Cocoa framework are being developed by various contributors.
See also
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