Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X - Couverture souple

Sanderson, Hamish; Rosenthal, Hanaan; Piper, Ian; Wainwright, Barry; Levy, Emmanuel; Monihart, Harald; Williams, Craig; Stanley, Shane

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1430223618 ISBN 13 : 9781430223610

Editeur : APress, 2010

Synopsis

AppleScript is an English-like, easy-to-understand scripting language built into every Mac. AppleScript can automate hundreds of AppleScript-able applications, performing tasks both large and small, complex and simple. Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X, Third Edition has been completely updated for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It's all here, with an emphasis on practical information that will help you solve any automation problem--from the most mundane repetitive tasks to highly integrated workflows of complex systems. * Friendly enough for beginners, detailed enough for advanced AppleScripters * Includes major contributions from expert AppleScripters: Emmanuel Levy, Harald Monihart, Ian Piper, Shane Stanley, Barry Wainwright, Craig Williams, and foreword by AppleScript inventor, William Cook What you'll learn * See how AppleScript represents information as objects--including numbers, strings, lists, and records. * Learn how to manipulate these objects using commands and operators, and how to store them in variables. * Organize your code using handlers and script objects. * Understand how applications describe their objects and commands in dictionaries and how to interpret that information when learning to script applications. * Manipulate the Mac OS X file system. * Automate iTunes, Mail, iCal, and other popular lifestyle applications in Mac OS X. * Discover sophisticated text processing techniques using regular expressions. * Script professional productivity applications--Apple iWork, Microsoft Office, FileMaker Pro, and Adobe InDesign. * Harness the power of the Unix command line in Mac OS X. * Create your own Cocoa applications with the new AppleScriptObjC bridge. Who this book is for First-time scripters who want to automate tasks on their Macs; existing AppleScripters looking to develop proficient, professional, or guru-level knowledge and skills; professional Mac OS X developers wishing to understand this powerful an

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: APress
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1430223618
• ISBN 13: 9781430223610
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 1104