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5 Learning More About an Application

5.1 The browser

The Functional Developer browser is a tool for examining the contents and properties of the different kinds of objects we deal with in Functional Developer.

In the browser, the term "object" has a broader sense than is usual in Dylan. Not only can we examine objects in the sense of Dylan class instances, but we can also browse libraries, modules, and even running applications, their threads, and run-time values in those threads.

5.1.1 - Similarities between the browser and World Wide Web browsers
5.1.2 - Compiler databases and the browser
5.1.3 - Browsing a project in source and run-time contexts

Getting Started with Functional Developer - 31 MAR 2000

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