Essential AppleScript Skills--Made Easy!This is a step-by-step guide to quickly and easily mastering AppleScript, the popular scripting language built right into Mac OS X and supported by most major applications. Learn how to write scripts to automate actions, create powerful custom programs, and automatically generate documents, spreadsheets, and e-mail messages. The book explains how to use AppleScript with the forthcoming Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard software.Learn how to:Save time and effortWrite quick scripts to repeat actions--no previous experience neededCreate powerful custom programs--without buying any extra toolsKeep up-to-date with the latest release of Mac OS XMaster valuable programming techniques with knowledge that can be extended to other languages

Zusammenfassung
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 chapterAsk the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tipsTry This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skillsNotes--Extra information related to the topic being coveredTips--Helpful reminders or alternative ways of doing thingsCautions--Errors and pitfalls to avoidAnnotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustratedReady-to-use code at www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownloadGuy 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.
Titel
AppleScript: A Beginner's Guide
Untertitel
A Beginner's Guide
EAN
9780071639552
ISBN
978-0-07-163955-2
Format
E-Book (epub)
Veröffentlichung
04.01.2010
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Anzahl Seiten
448
Jahr
2010
Untertitel
Englisch