AppleScript: A Beginner's Guide in Bloomington, MN

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Essential Skills—Made Easy!
Learn to program in AppleScript, the versatile scripting language built right into Mac OS X and supported by most major applications.
AppleScript: A Beginner's Guide
shows you how to write powerful scripts with the AppleScript Editor to automate tasks, save time and effort, and automatically generate documents, spreadsheets, and e-mail messages. Debugging and error handling are also covered in this fast-paced tutorial.
Designed for Easy Learning
Key Skills & Concepts—Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
Ask the Expert—Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
Try This—Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills
Notes—Extra information related to the topic being covered
Tips—Helpful reminders or alternative ways of doing things
Cautions—Errors and pitfalls to avoid
Annotated Syntax—Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated
Ready-to-use code at www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownload
Guy Hart-Davis
is the author of
Mac OS X Leopard QuickSteps, How to Do Everything iPod, iPhone, & iTunes, Fifth Edition, HTML, XHTML & CSS QuickSteps,
and several other computer books.