Re: Applescript 123
Re: Applescript 123
- Subject: Re: Applescript 123
- From: Alan Alpar <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:04:30 -0400
To reply to a lot of folks all at once. Now this was far more
interesting conversation than the previous mess.
One point I'll make about product release cycles. When the newest
version of automator/applescript was planned, one of the first things
done on a project is an estimate of completion time. That estimate is
updated any time it is found to be out of whack. For any reason. Just
as the people in the project are tracked, what parts of the project
are owned by whom, what individual project milestones are wand what
their completion times are estimated at and all this is constantly
updated. Professional programming, that is to say, programming in a
corporate setting such as exists at Apple, working in teams, there is
as much paperwork involved as there is programming. I speak here from
36 years experience as a software engineer who has worked for many
major corporations, including Apple (on what later became America
Online - I'm ashamed to admit.)
Also, just to clarify, my book doesn't cover developing for
Automator. It's a Visual QuickStart Guide, so it covers using
Automator. AppleScriptObjC would be an entire book itself, and I've
yet to tackle that project. ;-) There are some tutorials popping
up, though, for anyone who may be interested, such as
I'll be interested in seeing your book when it comes out. Automator
strikes me as a great tool, which is why I joined this group, but it
seems to me that if you wish to use it in depth, which is my personal
plan, learning applescript is more than just handy. And thanks for
the reference links.
Being completely new to automator and applescript - my previous
programming having been in assembler, C (various) and python, I have
to admit I have no idea at all about:
Ben hit the nail on the head about the difference between AppleScript
and AS Studio/AS ObjC.
I assume this is a resource for extending applescript with your own
low level code?
Applescript, as possibly the primary scripting language for
Automator (personally, I don't go that deep with Automator), the
expanded concerns posted here may be more appropriately useful here:
http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/applescript-users
What extended concerns? Here is the thing that has been lost in this
entire nonsensical debate. I simply asked if the book was useful or
too out of date. And in passing mentioned that it annoyed me he would
release an instantly out-of-date book. I was not starting an
applescript discussion. I was not starting a discussion at all. I
asked a question. And as a result get jumped on and persecuted - or
what would you call someone submitting a removal request from this
group for my email as if it had been from me? Hmm? Unbelievable. To
think, all I was looking for was: No, you needn't worry, the book is
fine today or: Yes, you're right to worry. Wow.
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