Beginning AppleScript View Larger Image | Stephen G. Kochan
Wrox Press, Paperback, Published December 2004, 574 pages, ISBN 0764574000 | List Price: $34.99
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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.
Table of Contents
About the Author.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Chapter 1: Writing Your First AppleScript Program.
Chapter 2: Variables, Classes, and Expressions.
Chapter 3: Making Decisions.
Chapter 4: Program Looping.
Chapter 5: Working with Strings.
Chapter 6: Working with Lists and Records.
Chapter 7: Working with Files.
Chapter 8: Handlers.
Chapter 9: Error Handling.
Chapter 10: Working with Applications.
Chapter 11: Scripting iLife Applications.
Chapter 12: Script Objects.
Chapter 13: Loose Ends.
Chapter 14: Introducing AppleScript Studio.
Appendix A: Exercise Answers.
Appendix B: Language Reference.
Appendix C: Resources.
Index.
About the Author
Stephen G. Kochan has been developing software and writing books
for over 20 years. He is the author and coauthor of several best-selling titles
on the C language, including Programming in C and Programming in ANSI C (both
from Sams Publishing), Programming C for the Mac (Macmillan Computer Publishing),
and Topics in C Programming (Wiley Publishing), as well as several Unix titles,
including Exploring the Unix System and Unix Shell Programming (both Sams Publishing),
and Unix System Security (Hayden Books). His most recent title on Mac programming
is Programming in Objective-C (Sams Publishing), which is a tutorial on the
primary programming language used on the Mac for application development.
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