AppleScript

AppleScript is a high level scripting language that resides on the Mac platform. It can be used to add functionality to the Mac operating system, automating tasks, adding functions, making things easier. AppleScript has always been very useful, and with Mac OS X, it can be taken even further than before.

This book goes the extra mile when teaching AppleScript, explaining advanced topics, while not leaving behind the beginner. It starts off with the basics, such, as handing variable, loops, and commands, then goes on to teach higher level concepts such as debugging, AppleScripting with databases, manipulating PDFs with SMILE, and automating media workflow.

If you are a Mac user who wants to know the real meaning of having full control over your machine, get into AppleScripting; this book is the only guide you need to master the art!

Read me first: Introduction; Starting to script all over again. - How to AppleScript: Values; Doing the Math: All about numbers; Picking up dates; Lists and records; Giving commands; Variables; Operations and coercion; Teaching your script to make decisions; The assembly line: creating repeat loops; More on manipulating dates and times; User interaction; Referring to files; Working with the clipboard; Turn errors in your favour; Other control statements; Defining and calling subroutines; Script objects. - Part 3: The wild world of AppleScript: AppleScript amenities in OS X; Scripting additions and extendibility; The fundamentals of automating applications; Many ways to run a script; Healthy scriptwriting practices; Scripting Apple apps; Scripting data and databases; Automating media workflow; Manipulating PDFs with Smile; Automating UNIX applications; Scheduling scripts; Soap and XML-RCP; Scripting remote Macs over IP. - Part 4: Scripting applications with AppleScript Studio: AppleScript Studio bgnd; Xcode and Interface Builder; Creating applications with AppleScript Studio. - Part 5: The business of AppleScript: Selling your automation genius; Working with clients.