AppleScript Studio Programming for the Absolute Beginner

By Jerry Lee Ford Jr.

This book focuses on teaching the reader how to program using AppleScript, the language that controls and automates applications on Mac OS X. Unlike other books on AppleScript, AppleScript Studio... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598633031
• ISBN13: 9781598633030
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Cengage Learning PTR
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for First Timers....

I gave this book five stars because it deserves it. The other reviews are from folks who still don't know their programming environment. The book is also the only one available that is contemporary enough to incorporate Tiger utilities. The VTC training course (you can view examples online) is excellent but outdated--the instructor still uses Project Builder instead of XCode. I think this is an excellent beginners book in that the author uses "fun" applications, which can be of psychologicl help for those who have never programmed. I have a degree in Computer Science with a focus on Unix System Administration. I've read ALOT of technical books and know how hard it is to convey subjects such as programming to the novice. In my estimation this guy has done a great starter book.

Excellent Way to Get Started in Programming

AppleScript has been growing in popularity since its introduction a dozen or so years ago. Down through the years it has been expanded and developed to a higher level. With the release of OS X, it has dramatically increased its utility, power and ease of use. Now bundled under the general name AppleScript Studio, it is included with OS X after version 10.1.2. Basically AppleScript is an English language like programming language that continues the Apple tradition of making their computers easy to use. It is a fast to learn, fast to write language. This book follows the same concepts, it begins with a simple application (a Knock-Knock joke), goes into the editing system, and from there into the standard programming rules: variables, conditional logic, loops, strings, building a GUI and so on. (Yes, I know AppleScript is a scripting language that doesn't do GUIs. But Cocoa is supplied almost as a part of AppleScript, and Cocoa does do GUIs.) This is an excellent beginners book to learn programming the Apple way.