On 13/07/2013, at 10:33 PM, 2551 <
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Moreover, SD is too frightening for newbies to even look at for free for 20 days.
With respect, that's utter nonsense.
No, it’s a matter of opinion. And simply pre-pending ‘With respect’ to something doesn’t thereby make it respectful. Indeed, I don’t understand the aggressive tone of your entire post, but anyway...
I’d just like to make the learning process a little easier on them
Then you could suggest they try using a tool that lets them step through scripts and watch variables as they change. Heck, the dictionary viewer alone will save them massive amounts of learning time.
Agreed. But before you can convince someone to spend large amounts of money on something, you need to get them hooked into it first. They need to know what ‘variables’ are and what ‘debugging’ means and why the things that SD offers are worth paying for. My audience are people that have likely never opened the AS Editor before or have any idea what ‘scripting’ means.
they won’t want to shell out $199
Fine. But don't kid them that the best answer is the cheapest answer -- because it's not.
I don’t know where that line came from. Nowhere did I suggest any such thing, but when you’re talking about a tool that costs more than, say Microsoft Office, people who’ve never done any scripting before are not going to welcome someone (i.e., me) saying ‘Hey, before you start, you need to buy this...’. Particularly when Apple provide a free editor. I aim to introduce people to AppleScript and its use not make them turn away at the first mention because they don’t want to shell out for expensive tools. And if you’re lucky there’ll be a few more AppleScript fans as a result, and therefore more likely customers for advanced tools like SD once they’re hooked. I’d have thought you’d support that.
And believe it or not, some people are happy to pay for good tools.
Another mysterious comment. Again, I don’t know where that line came from. I even bought your book! :p