AppleScript: the Definitive Guide Scripting and Automating Your Mac

Name: AppleScript: the Definitive Guide Scripting and Automating Your Mac
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ISBN: 9780596102111

ISBN-10: 0596102119

ISBN-13: 9780596102111

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Matt Neuburg

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Mac users everywhere--even those who know nothing about programming--are discovering the value of the latest version of AppleScript, Apple's vastly improved scripting language for Mac OS X Tiger. And with this new edition of the top-selling AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, anyone, regardless of your level of experience, can learn to use AppleScript to make your Mac time more efficient and more enjoyable by automating repetitive tasks, customizing applications, and even controlling complex workflows.Fully revised and updated--and with more and better examples than ever--AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition explores AppleScript 1.10 from the ground up. You will learn how…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/24/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.19" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Matt Neuburg has a PhD in Classics and has taught at many universities and colleges. He has been programming computers since 1968. He has written applications for Mac OS X and iOS, is a former editor of MacTech Magazine, and is a long-standing contributing editor for TidBITS. His previous O'Reilly books are Frontier: The Definitive Guide, REALbasic: The Definitive Guide, and AppleScript: The Definitive Guide. He makes a living writing books, articles, and software documentation, as well as by programming, consulting, and training.



Preface



AppleScript Overview



Why to Use AppleScript



Where to Use AppleScript



Basic Concepts



The AppleScript Language



Introducing the Language



Syntactic Ground of Being



A Map of the World



Variables



Script Objects



Handlers



Scope



Objects



References



Datatypes



Coercions



Operators



Global Properties



Constants



Commands



Control



AppleScript In Action



Dictionaries



Scripting Additions



Speed



Scriptable Applications



Unscriptable Applications



Unix



Triggering Scripts Automatically



Writing Applications



Appendixes



The AppleScript Experience



Apple Events Without AppleScript



Tools and Resources


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