Appendix C. Tools and Resources
This appendix provides sources for software, tools, documentation, and further information on various topics discussed in this book.
Free software from Apple mentioned in this book is already on your hard drive. For AppleScript Studio (Xcode , Interface Builder ) you must install the developer tools. Applications mentioned by name only, but not discussed or used in examples, are not listed here.
Scripting Software and Tools
Script Debugger, a commercial environment for developing and debugging scripts and exploring scriptable applications, crucial to my use of AppleScript (this book couldn't have been written without it):
http://www.latenightsw.com JavaScript OSA , an Apple-event savvy OSA language version of JavaScript:
http://www.latenightsw.com/freeware/JavaScriptOSA/ Mac::Carbon and Mac::Glue, modules for using Apple events in Perl:
http://projects.pudge.net Appscript, an Apple events implementation for Python:
http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/appscript.html UserLand Frontier , and its inexpensive little brother Radio UserLand , a brilliant, powerful scripting environment with its own scripting language and built-in persistent storage, great interapplication communications, and Internet server/client capability. There is now also a free open source version:
http://www.userland.com http://sourceforge.net/projects/frontierkernel OSABridge , a set of components making Perl, Ruby, Python, PHP, sh, and Tcl available as OSA languages:
http://homepage.mac.com/philip_aker/ ...
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