Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X (Learn (Apress))

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

ISBN 10: 1430223618 / ISBN 13: 9781430223610

Published by Apress, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X (Learn (Apress))
• Publisher: Apress
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1430223618
• ISBN 13: 9781430223610
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 5.72W x 19.68H x 24.13D centimeters 5.72 centimeters width by 19.68 centimeters height by 24.13 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1520 grams

About this title

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

About the Author

Hamish Sanderson is a ten-year veteran of AppleScript and professional automation developer living and working in the U.K. Over the years, he has contributed a range of useful libraries and utilities to the AppleScript community and pops up with some regularity on the various AppleScript mailing lists. He is also the author of the highly regarded Appscript library, which brings AppleScript-style application scripting support to the Python, Ruby, and Objective-C languages on Mac OS X.