Joy 2.2, AAA+ Software’s developer productivity and RAD tool is now available in an updated version for Mac OS X. Joy offers a path for developers to learn Cocoa, Apple’s (relatively) new object-oriented development environment.
You can use Joy’s run time class browser and object inspector to debug your own programs, or even to inspect Cocoa applications you don’t have the source code for. Or you use the built in scripting language — that’s syntactically compatible with Objective-C and JavaScript — to send messages to any object and to teach new methods.
Using Joy’s command window, you can call Carbon APIs (application programming interfaces) and Java methods interactively. The tool can also be used with Apple’s InterfaceBuilder to develop standalone Mac OS X applications in “record time,” according to the folks at AAA+.
Use of the software is free for evaluation purposes; you can download Joy online. A free unlock code can be ordered by e-mail. Regular licenses are US$69 for users who develop only small scale applications, and $399 for unlimited use. Joy 2.2 is available for Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Windows and OPENSTEP. All registered users of the product can upgrade to the new version for free.