Re: Applescript: Developer or End-User technology ?
Re: Applescript: Developer or End-User technology ?
- Subject: Re: Applescript: Developer or End-User technology ?
- From: Eric C Saunders <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:52:45 -0400
Christopher Nebel Wrote:
> Bear in mind that AppleScript is regarded as
a developer tool, not a
> user tool, so most of the technical documentation is actually on the
> developer site. For example, searching for "AppleScript
escape
> character" from www.apple.com doesn't yield much, but if you
click
> the "search in developer site" (developer.apple.com), you'll
get a
> bunch.
And a whole lot of people were up in arms. How can
Applescript be for developers when Apple has proclaimed that it was the
language for the masses? Simple. If you choose to use Applescript to compile
a set of instructions, you ARE a DEVELOPER. I took a 2 day class from TECSoft,
and I became the "In-house Applescript Developer". If you were
an end user and you learned C, C++, Java, _javascript_... you became a developer.
Period. So it sorta makes sense to keep developer related stuff on the
developer site. Maybe Apple could indicate to Applescript users that they
are actually Applescript developers and that technical information is available
to developers on the developers site. But like it or lump it, if you "developed"
an Applescript, you are a "Developer"
Eric
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