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Original Post: Intellisense lacking?
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Darren Oakey complains that Smalltalk "won't make it into the 90's" until it ships with Intellisense support. Sorry to burst your bubble Darren, but VisualWorks already ships with 2 components - both community provided - that offer that support. The latest one is the Code Completion package in the public Store from Anthony Lander. Here's a question tossed back - can Visual Studio developers make comparable additions to the environment on their own? Eclipse offers plugin support, but it's far, far more limited than what a Smalltalk developer can do...