Fabrik is a
visual
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programming integrated development environment
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implemented in
Smalltalk
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and designed at
Apple Computer
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by
Dan Ingalls
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, Scott Wallace,
Yu-Ying Chow,
Frank Ludolph,
Ken Doyle and others during the mid-1980s. It consists of a kit of computational and
graphic
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user interface
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components that can be "wired" together to build new components and useful
applications.
External links
Fabrik - A Visual Programming Environment*
Fabrik History
*
Fabrik Fabrik entry from the
Squeak Swiki
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