AppleScript: The Definitive Guide

Appendix B. Tools and Resources

This appendix provides sources for tools and further reading on various topics mentioned in this book. Some of this information has appeared earlier in the book but is gathered here for reference purposes.

Scripting Software

• Script Debugger, a commercial script editing and debugging environment with many powerful features to assist development; without it, I couldn’t write any AppleScript code, and wouldn’t have been able to write this book:

  http://latenightsw.com/sd3.0/index.html

• JavaScript OSA, a free OSA component file that adds JavaScript as a System-wide scripting language on your machine, complete with the ability to send and receive Apple events:

  http://latenightsw.com/freeware/JavaScriptOSA/index.html

• Gary McGath’s EightyRez, a free 'aete' resource editor; this book could not have been written without it:

  http://www.panix.com/~gmcgath/EightyRez.html

• Smile, a free script editing environment:

  http://www.satimage.fr/software/en/softx.html

• FastScripts, a replacement for Apple’s Script menu:

  http://www.red-sweater.com/RedSweater/FSFeatures.html

• Big Cat, a contextual menu script runner:

  http://ranchero.com/bigcat

• QuicKeys, a macro program:

  http://www.quickeys.com/products/qkx.html

• iKey, Keyboard Maestro, and DragThing, programs that let you run a script by typing a keyboard shortcut:

  http://www.scriptsoftware.com/ikey

  http://www.keyboardmaestro.com

  http://www.dragthing.com

• iDo Script Scheduler, a commercial product for running scripts ...