Software:Dolphin Smalltalk

Dolphin Smalltalk

Dolphin Smalltalk 7
Paradigm	object-oriented
Family	Smalltalk
Designed by	Andy Bower, Blair McGlashan
Developers	Intuitive Systems, Object Arts
First appeared	1 August 1997 (1997-08-01)
Stable release	7.1.24 / 19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)
Preview release	8.0 / January 2024 (2024-01)
Typing discipline	objects, dynamic
Scope	Lexical (static)
Implementation language	Smalltalk
Platform	IA-32, x86-64
OS	Windows
License	MIT
Website	www.object-arts.com
Influenced by
Smalltalk-80

Dolphin Smalltalk, or "Dolphin" for short, is an implementation of the programming language Smalltalk for Microsoft Windows.

The Dolphin 7 version release coincided with the project becoming free and open-source software under an MIT License.

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 conventional Smalltalk framework of model–view–controller (MVC), instead using model–view–presenter (MVP).

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 to manage Dolphin browsers and tools and associating them together with a given 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

• Knight, Alan. "Two New Smalltalks". The Smalltalk Report. https://docs.huihoo.com/smalltalk/esug/HistoricalDocuments/TheSmalltalkReport/ST10/22kn.pdf. 

• Bower, Andy; McGlashan, Blair. "Twisting the Triad". https://www.slavaoneverything.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Twisting_the_Triad.pdf.  (Tutorial for the 2000 European Smalltalk User Group conference)

• Whitehouse, Colin (2004-05-24). "The Smalltalk Programming Language: A Comparison with Java". https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=da222441f6e7998522d58ab8db66daa7e0dbd05e. 

• Bracht, Ted (2001) (in en). The Dolphin Smalltalk Companion: A Hands-on Guide to Building Complete Applications. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-201-73793-6. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dolphin_Smalltalk_Companion/g_0KAAAACAAJ?hl=en. Retrieved 12 May 2025. 

External links

• Official website [Dec 2024]
• on GitHub

• "Learn Dolphin Smalltalk". http://www.bitwisemag.com/copy/programming/smalltalk/dolphintutorial.html.  (tutorial)