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Package Development
Mathematica is to its core a fundamentally extensible system, in which efficient, modular, reusable packages of any size can readily be created. Mathematica's symbolic program and interface architecture allows it to provide a uniquely flexible modern software development environment with many important original features.
Reference
Modularity Constructs »
Module — localize names of variables
Block — localize values of variables
DynamicModule — localize interface constructs
Namespace Management »
BeginPackage, EndPackage — set up namespaces for a package
Begin ▪ End ▪ $ContextPath ▪ $Packages ▪ Names ▪ CellContext ▪ ...
Package Loading & Saving
Needs — load a package if needed
Save — save definitions for symbols & functions
DeclarePackage ▪ DumpSave ▪ Encode ▪ ...
Options Management »
Options ▪ SetOptions ▪ OptionsPattern ▪ OptionValue ▪ ...
Messages »
Message ▪ MessageName (
) ▪ Check ▪ Assert ▪ Quiet ▪ ...
Syntax Coloring
SyntaxInformation — specify automatic syntax annotation
Package Editing
File ► New ► Package (.m) — create a package file to edit as a notebook
Packages from Notebooks
Initialization Cell — define a cell to be used as initialization
Notebook History — show editing history of a notebook
Object-Oriented Definition
UpSet (^=) — associate a definition with an inner construct
TagSet (/: ... =) — associate a definition with any construct
Bulletproofing »
Protect ▪ AbortProtect ▪ $VersionNumber ▪ $SystemID ▪ BlockRandom ▪ ...
Mathematica Scripts »
MathematicaScript — run standalone executable scripts
$ScriptCommandLine — script command-line arguments
