Apple still supports Widgets, which are canned JavaScript built to run in a special Dashboard app. (Does anyone still develop Widgets?)
But this still misses the point about HyperCard, which was that Hypercard was its own toolchain. To get started with it, you didn't have to:
Install a separate editor
Learn a separate editor
Install a build system
Learn how to build a project
Learn how to share code
Deal with dependencies
It's the no-separate-toolchain feature that made HyperCard so accessible, and which was influenced by SmallTalk.
Modern programming is a nightmare in comparison - including modern app programming.
Just because Apple uses Objective-C doesn't mean it's approaching app development in a SmallTalk-like way. Getting an app out of Xcode and into the store is a horror story of provisioning profiles, debug vs production builds, sandboxes, entitlements, and so on. Obviously people manage to fight through this, but it's a long way from being friendly and accessible.
IMO only VBA gets close to being a successful no-separate-toolchain environment - which is one of the main reasons VBA became so popular.
(You could argue Python is, but I don't think it's equivalent, because unlike VBA and HyperCard the first thing the user sees is the editor, and not a product that's obviously and immediately useful, but also happens to include a code editor.)
But this still misses the point about HyperCard, which was that Hypercard was its own toolchain. To get started with it, you didn't have to:
Install a separate editor Learn a separate editor Install a build system Learn how to build a project Learn how to share code Deal with dependencies
It's the no-separate-toolchain feature that made HyperCard so accessible, and which was influenced by SmallTalk.
Modern programming is a nightmare in comparison - including modern app programming.
Just because Apple uses Objective-C doesn't mean it's approaching app development in a SmallTalk-like way. Getting an app out of Xcode and into the store is a horror story of provisioning profiles, debug vs production builds, sandboxes, entitlements, and so on. Obviously people manage to fight through this, but it's a long way from being friendly and accessible.
IMO only VBA gets close to being a successful no-separate-toolchain environment - which is one of the main reasons VBA became so popular.
(You could argue Python is, but I don't think it's equivalent, because unlike VBA and HyperCard the first thing the user sees is the editor, and not a product that's obviously and immediately useful, but also happens to include a code editor.)