Section C.1. Web Sites

C.1. Web Sites

Information stored on the Internet is fast, convenient, andin large partfree. With a Web browser before you, AppleScript information is no more than a few clicks away.

C.1.1. AppleScript Sites

• 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.

See www.apple.com/applescript/guidebook/sbrt/ for a list of helpful AppleScript subroutines (Section 5.2.5).

• 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.

The AppleScript Language Guide, available from http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/, is a handy reference to all the nuances of AppleScript syntax.

• www.google.com. The world-famous search engine. If a particular AppleScript feature confuses yousay, using escape sequences (Table 4-1)do a search for something like applescript escape sequences, and browse through the results.

• www.macosxhints.com. A site filled with tips for Mac OS X power users. (A number of the tricks involve creative uses for AppleScripts.)

If you prefer your timesaving tricks in book form, check out Mac OS X Power Hound, Panther Edition by Rob Griffiths (O'Reilly/Pogue Press, 2004).

• www.macscripter.net. A popular site for AppleScript geeks, with tons of example code, a searchable database of scripting additions (Sidebar 3.5), and a bulletin board (http://bbs.applescript.net/) for posting questions.

• www.scriptweb.org. Links to dozens of different Web pages on all facets of Mac scripting.

• http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2065.html. Apple's Technical Note TN2065 has everything you've ever wanted to know about the do shell script commandand more. If you're thinking about linking AppleScript with Mac OS X's Unix core, you shouldn't miss this TechNote.

C.1.2. Other Mac Programming Sites

• www.cocoadev.com. Beginner lessons on Cocoa, one of Apple's more advanced Mac OS X programming languages.

• http://developer.apple.com. Apple's own site for Mac programmers, including hundreds of sample code segments and technical documents.

• www.macdevcenter.com. Macintosh programming and scripting tutorials.