Re: Reference books
Re: Reference books
- Subject: Re: Reference books
- From: "J. Stewart" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:30:42 -0400
On 6/10/07 at 8:22 PM, Ruth Bygrave <email@hidden>
spake thusly:
FYI, Matt didn't write this book, Bruce W. Perry did. Matt
wrote "Applescript - The Definitive Guide". The second edition
of which is IMHO the best one currently available.
Ah. My mistake (knew I shouldn't flip about from page to page).
But my point still stands -- ATDG is not a book on Applescript
for the Scared. People with programming experience who want to
know things like how AS handles scope, coercion, types, flow
control, pass-by-reference, handlers, objects etc will find it
extremely useful. Starting at the 'total idiot' stage myself,
I'm just approaching the point at which I'd be able to get
something out of it after about a year. If I'd picked it up
first I'd have thought Applescript was the province of experts
or professional developers.
I'm not sure what level the enquiring gentleman is at, but he
comes across as needing Applescript for the Nervous, so I
thought it was worth pointing out, 'if you're nervous start a
bit lower down, and come back to that book when you've done the
groundwork and can get something out of it'.
OTOH, if I mistook his level of expertise and he's experienced
on other platforms but nervous about Applescript, he'd probably
find it very useful!
Oh I'd have to agree, Matt's book isn't exactly entry level
scripting for the total newbie. There are more simplistic ones
available for that. It's a second or maybe third book for those
that really wish to learn and do a good job of it.
The best entry level tome I know of is still the Applescript
Language Guide even though it hasn't been updated since v1.3.7
of Applescript. I also still like Danny Goodman's "The Complete
Applescript Handbook" though it's a bit dated now.
JBS
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