Appendix C. Where to Go from Here
Each script in this book is a self-contained lesson, teaching you how to perform a certain task with AppleScript. Taken together, the lessons in this book could form the curriculum of AppleScript High.
If you’re interested in pursuing AppleScript further, however, you’ll want to graduate to more advanced scripts. And if you want to learn more obscure techniques—like, say, querying complex online databases (Sidebar 9.6)—you’ll want a little more guidance than this book can provide.
Luckily, the Mac world is teeming with information on AppleScript. From Web sites to email lists, dozens of sources are just aching to provide you with AppleScript information at your slightest whim.
Web Sites
Information stored on the Internet is fast, convenient, and—in large part—free. With a Web browser before you, AppleScript information is no more than a few clicks away.
AppleScript Sites
http://www.apple.com/applescript. Apple’s very own AppleScript home page. Be sure to check out the Resources link for a thorough list of AppleScript links elsewhere on the Web.
Note
See http://www.apple.com/applescript/guidebook/sbrt/ for a list of helpful AppleScript subroutines (Section 5.2.5).
http://www.applescriptsourcebook.com. A general-purpose AppleScript Web site run by expert Bill Cheeseman.
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleScript/. Another Apple Web page devoted to AppleScript. This one’s meant more for programmers than for everyday Mac fans.
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