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| applescript language guide: AppleScript Language Guide Apple Computer, Inc, 1993 Apple's definitive guide to the powerful AppleScript scripting language, thisbook provides essential information for Macintosh power users and programmerswho want to use AppleScript to write new scripts, modify existing scripts, orwrite scriptable applications. |
| applescript language guide: AppleScript: The Definitive Guide Matt Neuburg, 2006-01-04 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 AppleScript works and how to use it in a variety of contexts: in everyday scripts to process automation, in CGI scripts for developing applications in Cocoa, or in combination with other scripting languages like Perl and Ruby. AppleScript has shipped with every Mac since System 7 in 1991, and its ease of use and English-friendly dialect are highly appealing to most Mac fans. Novices, developers, and everyone in between who wants to know how, where, and why to use AppleScript will find AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition to be the most complete source on the subject available. It's as perfect for beginners who want to write their first script as it is for experienced users who need a definitive reference close at hand. AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition begins with a relevant and useful AppleScript overview and then gets quickly to the language itself; when you have a good handle on that, you get to see AppleScript in action, and learn how to put it into action for you. An entirely new chapter shows developers how to make your Mac applications scriptable, and how to give them that Mac OS X look and feel with AppleScript Studio. Thorough appendixes deliver additional tools and resources you won't find anywhere else. Reviewed and approved by Apple, this indispensable guide carries the ADC (Apple Developer Connection) logo. |
| applescript language guide: AppleScript in a Nutshell Bruce W. Perry, 2001-06-06 AppleScript in a Nutshell is the first complete reference to AppleScript, the popular programming language that gives both power users and sophisticated enterprise customers the important ability to automate repetitive tasks and customize applications. As the Macintosh continues to expand and solidify its base in the multimedia and publishing industries, AppleScript is the tool of choice on this platform for creating sophisticated time- and money-saving workflow applications (applets). These applets automate the processing and management of digital video, imaging, print, and web-based material. AppleScript is also gaining a foothold in scientific programming, as technical organizations adopt G4 CPU-based systems for advanced computing and scientific analysis. Finally, power users and script novices will find that AppleScript is a great everyday Mac programming tool, similar to Perl on Windows NT or Unix.In this well-organized and concise reference, AppleScript programmers will find: Detailed coverage of AppleScript Version 1.4 and beyond on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. Complete descriptions of AppleScript language features, such as data types, flow-control statements, functions, object-oriented features (script objects and libraries), and other syntactical elements. Descriptions and hundreds of code samples on programming the various scriptable system components, such as the Finder, File Sharing, File Exchange, Network scripting, Web scripting, Apple System Profiler, the ColorSync program, and the numerous powerful language extensions called osax or scripting additions.Most other AppleScript books are hopelessly out of date. AppleScript in a Nutshell covers the latest updates and improvements with practical, easy to understand tips, including: Using AppleScript as a tool for distributed computing, an exciting development that Apple Computer calls program linking over IP. Programmers can now do distributed computing with Macs over TCP/IP networks, including controlling remote applications with AppleScript and calling AppleScript methods on code libraries that are located on other machines. Using the Sherlock find application to automate web and network searching. Insights on scripting new Apple technologies such as Apple Data Detectors, Folder Actions, Keychain Access, and Apple Verifier.AppleScript in a Nutshell is a high-end handbook at a low-end price--an essential desktop reference that puts the full power of this user-friendly programming language into every AppleScript user's hands. |
| applescript language guide: The Tao of AppleScript Derrick Schneider, Hans Hansen, 1994 A succinct and friendly introduction to the AppleScript language. It is ideal for those who wish to customize applications, automate tedious tasks, or create a program without having to learn a programming language. From novice to scriptmaster, this helps the user discover this scripting language and obtain better control of their Macintosh. |
| applescript language guide: AppleScript for Applications Ethan Wilde, 2001 Automate and streamline a Macintosh with AppleScript, Apple's extremely powerful and easy-to-use scripting language. AppleScript can be used to write scripts for popular Mac apps such as FileMaker Pro, Word, Photoshop, and QuarkXPress. Includes up-to-date info on using AppleScript with Mac OS X. |
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| applescript language guide: AppleScript Hanaan Rosenthal, 2004-10-27 This book is the second edition of a critically acclaimed reference. AppleScript is a scripting language allowing users add functionality to the Mac operating system, automating tasks, adding functions, making things easier. It’s popular because it’s available for free on any Mac operating system, and it is easy to pick up and use, so it is within the bounds of any fairly proficient Mac user, not just developers. The new edition offers a complete guide to using AppleScript, from beginning steps, right up to the professional level - nothing is left out. This edition is updated to support AppleScript 1.10/Mac OS X Tiger. |
| applescript language guide: AppleScript: The Missing Manual Adam Goldstein, 2005-01-31 From newspapers to NASA, Mac users around the world use AppleScript to automate their daily computing routines. Famed for its similarity to English and its ease of integration with other programs, AppleScript is the perfect programming language for time-squeezed Mac fans. As beginners quickly realize, however, AppleScript has one major shortcoming: it comes without a manual.No more. You don't need a degree in computer science, a fancy system administrator title, or even a pocket protector and pair of nerdy glasses to learn the Mac's most popular scripting language; you just need the proper guide at your side. AppleScript: The Missing Manual is that guide.Brilliantly compiled by author Adam Goldstein, AppleScript: The Missing Manual is brimming with useful examples. You'll learn how to clean up your Desktop with a single click, for example, and how to automatically optimize pictures for a website. Along the way, you ll learn the overall grammar of AppleScript, so you can write your own customized scripts when you feel the need.Naturally, AppleScript: The Missing Manual isn't merely for the uninitiated scripter. While its hands-on approach certainly keeps novices from feeling intimidated, this comprehensive guide is also suited for system administrators, web and graphics professionals, musicians, scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and others who need to learn the ins and outs of AppleScript for their daily work.Thanks to AppleScript: The Missing Manual, the path from consumer to seasoned script has never been clearer. Now you, too, can automate your Macintosh in no time. |
| applescript language guide: Automator for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Ben Waldie, 2009-12-09 Automator for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide uses a combination of task-based instruction and strong visuals to teach intermediate Macintosh users how to automate repetitive, time-consuming tasks with the Automator application that is included with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Automator comes with many useful automated routines (called actions) preinstalled, for lots of popular applications, that do things like remove empty playlists from iTunes or add attachments to Mac Mail. The real power of Automator lies in mixing and matching these actions to have them do exactly the job you want. They're put together in a string of actions known as a workflow. Author Ben Waldie introduces readers to how Automator works, and then helps them assemble and use Automator workflows. |
| applescript language guide: Apple Automator with AppleScript Bible Thomas Myer, 2009-10-29 One-stop reference helps you get the most out of AppleScript and Automator One of the handiest ways to streamline your workload is to automate some of your most routine computer tasks. Mac users are lucky in that they have AppleScript and Automator automation tools built right in. This comprehensive guide shows you how to tap both these useful Mac features for Mac OS X and regularly perform such tasks as extracting unread e-mails from your Mail, scheduling workflows, and manually recording actions to create new automated routines. Brings you up to speed on Apple's built-in automation tools for Mac OS X, including a more thorough look at Automator than in many books, and shows you how you can automate many of your most repetitive or error-prone tasks Explains how to automate aspects of some of your favorite Mac features, such as iCal, Mail, iPhoto, iTunes, and iDVD Covers how to manipulate files and folders; work with PDFs, emails, and Web pages; schedule workflows; set up watch folders; create and use variables; manually record actions; and create AppleScripts that further automate functions The instruction in this detailed guide will help you increase your productivity using Automator and AppleScript. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. |
| applescript language guide: Sams Teach Yourself AppleScript in 24 Hours Jesse Feiler, 2003 A quick, easy-to-understand, and practical introduction to using AppleScript, Apple's free and powerful scripting language. |
| applescript language guide: Learn AppleScript Hamish Sanderson, Hanaan Rosenthal, Ian Piper, Barry Wainwright, Emmanuel Levy, Harald Monihart, Craig Williams, Shane Stanley, 2010-07-10 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 |
| applescript language guide: AppleScript Finder Guide Apple Computer, Inc, Apple computer, 1994 The essential guide to using AppleScript to control operations of the Macintosh Finder. Apple scripting language is like a super macro language that allows different programs to work together. With the information in this book, AppleScript can be used by programmers and power users to create even more powerful and integrated work environments. |
| applescript language guide: Fluent Forever (Revised Edition) Gabriel Wyner, 2024-12-31 The bestselling guide to learning a new language and remembering what you learned, now revised and updated “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide . . . If you want a new language to stick, start here.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero Gabriel Wyner speaks seven foreign languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he mastered each one on his own, drawing on free online resources, short practice sessions, and his knowledge of neuroscience and linguistics. In Fluent Forever, Wyner shares his foolproof method for learning any language. It starts by hacking the way your brain naturally encodes information. You’ll discover how to hear new sounds and train your tongue to produce them accurately. You’ll connect spellings and sounds to images so that you start thinking in a new language without translating. With spaced-repetition systems, you’ll build a foundation for your language in a week and learn hundreds of words a month—with just a few minutes of practice each day. This revised edition also shares fresh strategies that Wyner has refined over years of study. You’ll learn to • use your interests to curate vocabulary that you’ll actually be excited to study • fast-track fluency, with a new appendix devoted to conversation strategies with native speakers • compile the best language-learning tool kit for your budget • harness the science of motivation and habit building to turbocharge your progress • find the perfect level of difficulty with reading and listening comprehension to stay engaged and avoid frustration With suggestions for helpful study aids and a wealth of free resources, the intuitive techniques in this book will offer you the most efficient and rewarding way to learn a new language. |
| applescript language guide: Adobe Illustrator Scripting Ethan Wilde, 2002 If you're a designer, production pro, or Illustrator power user, chances are you repeat tedious tasks over and over in your daily work. Think about it: How many times have you performed the same step on hundreds of images? Save time--and wear-and-tear on your wrists--with Adobe Illustrator Scripting, the clearest, quickest route to reducing your workload and making life easier through the power of scripting. Adobe Illustrator Scripting combines the in-depth coverage of a reference book with actual hands-on training that shows you how to create and run scripts in Illustrator, using both AppleScript (for Mac users) and Visual Basic (for the PC). You'll learn how to automate tasks such as linking graphics to a database, transforming images, and performing batch processes. There's no better time to try your hand at scripting, even if you have no prior experience--with Illustrator 10, the program is more scriptable than ever before. Adobe Illustrator Scripting will help you unlock the true potential of this workhorse application. |
| applescript language guide: Apple Training Series Sal Soghoian, Bill Cheeseman, 2009-06-02 We know what you’re thinking. You’ve heard about AppleScript. You’ve heard that it can do amazing things. You’ve heard that it can automate away the tiring, redundant, repetitive tasks you do with the computer. All true. But you’re not sure about what’s involved with using it. Is it difficult? Is it programming? After all, you’re just a better-than average computer user. You know what you know, and your expertise serves you pretty well. But recently you’ve reached the point of asking yourself “Is there a better way?” The answer is “Yes.” And relax, you just got lucky. This book is for you. If you’ve never written a single line of computer code–this book is for you. If the most technical thing you do on the computer is calculate a column in Excel–this book is for you. If you’re tired of doing the same thing over and over–this book is for you. It’s about being motivated to explore, understand, and take advantage of the tools you already own. AppleScript is free–the only price for its use is your desire to finally sit down and take a few moments to absorb and activate its magic. This book starts at square one and walks you through the process of understanding and writing AppleScript–step by step, one concept at a time–until you find yourself suddenly creating powerful and useful automated solutions. And the lessons in this book are based on a decade of experience teaching hands-on classes to folks just like you. You can do this. You can become Master of your Computer Universe! Still don’t believe us? Open the first chapter and start reading. You’ll see. |
| applescript language guide: AppleScript Scripting Additions Guide Apple Computer, Inc, 1993 Apple's definitive guide to scripting additions. A companion volume to AppleScript Language Guide, this book provides all the information a programmer needs to begin writing effective scripting additions. The guide contains an introduction to scripting additions, a complete reference to the commands, and a chapter on writing scripting additions. |
| applescript language guide: Danny Goodman's AppleScript Handbook Danny Goodman, 1998 Make your Mac do what you want your Mac to do. This bestselling guide to Applescript by author Danny Goodman gives you everything you need to know to create scriptable applications. This edition includes in-depth coverage of the scriptable Finder, FileMaker Pro, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Excel, Hypercard, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, MacWrite Pro and TouchBase. AppleScript is an important facet of the new Apple OS 8.5. Click here to download the 1.5MB companion file (the disk not included with book). This book is featured in TECSoft's AppleScript training class at http://www.tecsoft.com. |
| applescript language guide: AppleScript: A Beginner's Guide Guy Hart-Davis, 2010-01-29 Essential Skills--Made Easy! Learn to program in AppleScript, the versatile scripting language built right into Mac OS X and supported by most major applications. AppleScript: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to write powerful scripts with the AppleScript Editor to automate tasks, save time and effort, and automatically generate documents, spreadsheets, and e-mail messages. Debugging and error handling are also covered in this fast-paced tutorial. Designed for Easy Learning Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips Try This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered Tips--Helpful reminders or alternative ways of doing things Cautions--Errors and pitfalls to avoid Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated Ready-to-use code at www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownload Guy Hart-Davis is the author of Mac OS X Leopard QuickSteps, How to Do Everything iPod, iPhone, & iTunes, Fifth Edition, HTML, XHTML & CSS QuickSteps, and several other computer books. |
| applescript language guide: Programming IOS 6 Matt Neuburg, 2013 Get a solid grounding in all the fundamentals of Cocoa Touch, and avoid problems during iPhone and iPad app development. With this revised and expanded edition, you'll dig into Cocoa and learn how to work effectively with Objective-C and Xcode. This book covers iOS 6 in a rigorous, orderly fashion--ideal whether you're approaching iOS for the first time or need a reference to bolster existing skills. Learn about features introduced with iOS 6, including Objective-C language advances, autosynthesis, autolayout, new view controller rotation rules, unwind segues, state restoration, styled text, and collection views. Learn Objective-C language details and object-oriented programming concepts Understand the anatomy of an Xcode project and all the stages of its lifecycle Grasp key Cocoa concepts such as relationships between classes, receiving events, and model-view-controller architecture Learn how views and layers are managed, drawn, composited, and animated Become familiar with view controllers and their relationships, along with nib and storyboard management Fully explore all basic interface objects such as scroll views, table views, and controls Delve into Cocoa frameworks for sound, video, sensors, maps, and other features Touch on advanced topics such as threading and networking |
| applescript language guide: AppleScript Matt Neuburg, 2003 The book covers AppleScript 1.9.2 and the new Script Editor, released as part of the new version of Mac OS X Panther. |
| applescript language guide: Mac OS X 10.2 Advanced Maria Langer, 2003 With more than 150 new features and applications, Mac OS X 10.2 is more than a minor upgrade. This guide is the fastest way to ramp up on the software's myriad new features. Veteran Macintosh columnist and author Langer goes beyond the basics to show users how to get the most out of Mac OS X 10.2. |
| applescript language guide: REALbasic Matt Neuburg, 1999 REALbasic allows users to design astonishingly fast, full-fledged applications. Simply put, it is VB on the Mac. Neuburg's text documents essential concepts and takes the reader from zero knowledge of programming to the ability to program every aspect of REALbasic. |
| applescript language guide: Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Ben Waldie, 2008 The comprehensive guide to streamlining tasks with Mac OS X 10.5's Automator. |
| applescript language guide: AppleScript in a Nutshell Bruce W. Perry, 2001 This concise reference covers the Mac OS 9.1 and Mac OS X versions of AppleScript. |
| applescript language guide: Teach Yourself Java for Macintosh in 21 Days Laura Lemay, Charles L. Perkins, Tim Webster, 1996-01-01 Takes a tutorial approach towards developing and serving Java applets, offering step-by-step instruction on such areas as motion pictures, animation, applet interactivity, file transfers, sound, and type. Original. (Intermediate). |
| applescript language guide: AppleScript Hanaan Rosenthal, 2007-02-01 This book is the second edition of a critically acclaimed reference. AppleScript is a scripting language allowing users add functionality to the Mac operating system, automating tasks, adding functions, making things easier. It’s popular because it’s available for free on any Mac operating system, and it is easy to pick up and use, so it is within the bounds of any fairly proficient Mac user, not just developers. The new edition offers a complete guide to using AppleScript, from beginning steps, right up to the professional level - nothing is left out. This edition is updated to support AppleScript 1.10/Mac OS X Tiger. |
| applescript language guide: Simulation and Computer Aided Control Systems Design Using Object-orientation Markus Kottmann, Xiaobing Qiu, Walter Schaufelberger, 2000 |
| applescript language guide: Beginning AppleScript Stephen G. Kochan, 2004-11-12 What is this book about? Geared toward programmers with no prior development knowledge, Beginning AppleScript serves as a comprehensive guide to using AppleScript on the Mac OS X platform. This title introduces the reader to AppleScript, and then illustrates how to efficiently start writing scripts through sample programs as each concept is introduced. Exercises at the end of each chapter allow the reader to test and demonstrate their knowledge on how to write functional scripts. The appendices include a list of other resources for additional developer information, and a summary of the language suitable for reference. |
| applescript language guide: Coordination of Internet Agents Andrea Omicini, Franco Zambonelli, Matthias Klusch, Robert Tolksdorf, 2013-11-27 As today's most complex computing environment, the Internet confronts IT researchers, system designers, and application developers with completely new challenges and, as a fascinating new computing paradigm, agent technology has recently attracted broad interest and strong hopes for shaping the future information society. Relating both, the Internet and agents, opens up a whole new range of advanced applications in vibrant subfields of information technology such as middleware, mobile commerce, e-learning, collaborative working, and intelligent information services. Many modern advanced systems are likely to exploit Internet agents - and exploiting Internet agents mostly means dealing with coordination models and technologies of various sorts. This monograph-like anthology is the first systematic guide to models and enabling technologies for the coordination of intelligent agents on the Internet and respective applications. |
| applescript language guide: Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Panther All In One Robyn Ness, John Ray, 2003-11-14 Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Panther All in One is designed to teach, in one big book, the new Mac user how to easily work with his hardware, his operating system, and all the applications he is likely to want to use to work with digital media. The book does not assume the reader wants to learn how to use just one product, but covers multiple products and technologies together in a logical fashion. Setting up and configuring Mac hardware. Understanding the Mac OS X interface. Burning CDs and DVDs with iDVD. Playing and organizing MP3s and digital music with iTunes. Digital photography with iPhoto. Editing digital video with iMovie. |
| applescript language guide: OS X for Hackers at Heart Chris Hurley, Russ Rogers, Johnny Long, Tom Owad, Bruce Potter, 2005-12-12 The sexy, elegant design of the Apple PowerBook combined with the Unix-like OS X operating system based on FreeBSD, have once again made OS X the Apple of every hacker's eye. In this unique and engaging book covering the brand new OS X 10.4 Tiger, the world's foremost true hackers unleash the power of OS X for everything form cutting edge research and development to just plain old fun.OS X 10.4 Tiger is a major upgrade for Mac OS X for running Apple's Macintosh computers and laptops. This book is not a reference to every feature and menu item for OS X. Rather, it teaches hackers of all types from software developers to security professionals to hobbyists, how to use the most powerful (and often obscure) features of OS X for wireless networking, WarDriving, software development, penetration testing, scripting administrative tasks, and much more.* Analyst reports indicate that OS X sales will double in 2005. OS X Tiger is currently the #1 selling software product on Amazon and the 12-inch PowerBook is the #1 selling laptop * Only book on the market directly appealing to groundswell of hackers migrating to OS X * Each chapter written by hacker most commonly associated with that topic, such as Chris Hurley (Roamer) organizer of the World Wide War Drive |
| applescript language guide: HyperTalk 2.0, the Book Dan Winkler, Scot Kamins, 1990 This is the definitive guide to the HyperCard scripting language, HyperTalk, by its creators. Clearly defines HyperTalk's syntax and semantics, and divulges previously undocumented facts and tips. |
| applescript language guide: Beginning Shell Scripting Eric Foster-Johnson, John C. Welch, Micah Anderson, 2005-04-01 Covering all major platforms-Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows-this guide shows programmers and power users how to customize an operating system, automate commands, and simplify administration tasks using shell scripts Offers complete shell-scripting instructions, robust code examples, and full scripts for OS customization Covers shells as a user interface, basic scripting techniques, script editing and debugging, graphing data, and simplifying administrative tasks In addition to Unix and Linux scripting, the book covers the latest Windows scripting techniques and offers a complete tutorial on Mac OS X scripting, including detailed coverage of mobile file systems, legacy applications, Mac text editors, video captures, and the Mac OS X Open Scripting Architecture |
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| applescript language guide: Unix for Mac OS X Matisse Enzer, 2003 This book goes beyond showing readers how to use Unix tools on their Macintosh--it also shows when it's best to use the GUI, and when the command line is more efficient for a particular task. Will appeal to Macintosh users eager to learn about Unix, and novice Unix programmers eager to explore the Mac OS X as part of their Unix environment. |
| applescript language guide: The Rough Guide to Macs & OS X Snow Leopard Peter Buckley, 2009-10-09 The Rough Guide to Macs & OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is the essential companion to your Apple computer. Packed full of handy advice, and covering laptops as well as desktops, the guide will help you choose a Mac and get the best deal, import files and emails from an old Mac or PC, master the finer points of OSX Snow Leopard and much more. User-friendly for novices and experts alike The Rough Guide to Macs & OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard demystifies the jargon of today's digital world, giving practical advice on all aspects of your Mac from keeping your documents and data secure to downloading music and making the most of you iPod. Find out how to turn your Mac into a TV, make music and edit photos with iLife and go wireless with AirPort and Bluetooth as well as all the latest tips and tricks on loading up the very best software and running windows on your Mac with Boot Camp. The Rough Guide to Macs & OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will even help you stay afloat when all goes wrong. Whether you already have a Mac or you're thinking of buying one, you need this guide. |
| applescript language guide: Mac OS X for Java Geeks Will Iverson, 2003-04-24 Mac OS X for Java Geeks delivers a complete and detailed look at the Mac OS X platform, geared specifically at Java developers. Programmers using the 10.2 (Jaguar) release of Mac OS X, and the new JDK 1.4, have unprecedented new functionality available to them. Whether you are a Java newbie, working your way through Java Swing and classpath issues, or you are a Java guru, comfortable with digital media, reflection, and J2EE, this book will teach you how to get around on Mac OS X. You'll also get the latest information on how to build applications that run seamlessly, and identically, on Windows, Linux, Unix, and the Mac. The book begins by laying out the Mac OS X tool set, from the included Java Runtime Environment to third-party tools IDEs and Jakarta Ant. You'll then be brought up to speed on the advanced, Mac-specific extensions to Java, including the spelling framework, speech framework, and integration with QuickTime. In addition to clear explanations of these extensions, you'll learn how to write code that falls back to non-Mac specific code when it runs on other platforms, keeping your application portable. Once you have the fundamentals of the Mac OS X Java platform in hand, this book takes you beyond the basics. You'll learn how to get the Apache web server running, and supplement it with the Jakarta Tomcat JSP and servlet container. JSPs and servlets running on Mac OS X are covered, as is installation and connectivity to a database. Once you have your web applications up and running, you'll learn how to interface them with EJBs, as running the JBoss application server on Mac OS X is covered. Finally, the latest developments in web services, including XML-RPC and SOAP, are found within. |
| applescript language guide: MacBook All-in-One For Dummies Mark L. Chambers, 2009-11-16 MacBook All-in-one for Dummies Makes Everything Easier! With a MacBook, you can work and play anywhere. With 9 books in 1, MacBook All-in-one for Dummies shows you how! You'll find coverage of: Getting started -- choose the MacBook that suits your needs, set it up, customize your preferences, and organize files and folders. Using Mac OS X -- learn your way around Snow Leopard, get to know the Dock, find things with Spotlight, and back up your system with Time Machine. Customizing and Sharing. Going Mobile With iLife -- explore iLife, where photos, movies, music, and your very own Web site all hang out. iWork For the Road Warrior -- do it the Mac way with Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, the iWork productivity applications. Typical Internet Stuff -- browse with Safari, store your stuff on iDisk, use Apple Mail, and iChat with friends. Networking in Mac OS X -- set up a network, go wireless, and use AirPort Extreme. Expanding Your System -- see how to add memory and connect hard drives and printers using USB and FireWire. Advanced Mac OS X. Learn the basics about using and maintaining your MacBook, how to work with Mac OS X, use the iWork productivity suite, enjoy the iLife, and cruise the Web from anywhere. Plus, you'll go under the hood and explore custom scripts and tweaks to help you get more from your MacBook and troubleshoot solutions. |
| applescript language guide: The Librarian's Introduction to Programming Languages Beth Thomsett-Scott, 2016-06-21 The Librarian’s Introduction to Programming Languages presents case studies and practical applications for using the top programming languages in library and information settings. The languages covered are JavaScript, PERL, PHP, SQL, Python, Ruby, C, C#, and Java. |
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You can use AppleScript with Terminal to save time or automate repetitive tasks. Terminal is a scriptable app that responds to AppleScript commands. These commands are described in …
MacOS AppleScript Tutorial: Part 1 - Getting Started With AppleScript
Sep 13, 2024 · AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple. It allows you to automate tasks on macOS by controlling your computer and interacting with apps like Safari, Finder, or …
AppleScript Fundamentals - Apple Developer
Jan 25, 2016 · AppleScript is an object-oriented language. When you write, compile, and execute scripts, everything you work with is an object. An object is an instantiation of a class definition, …
The Ultimate Beginner's Guide To AppleScript - Envato Tuts+
Jul 16, 2012 · What is AppleScript? AppleScript is a powerful scripting language that comes built-in to OS X. The principal use for AppleScript is the automation of tasks that are normally …
