arstechnica.com — If you're confused by AppleScript, wish you could use something else to make OS X applications jump through hoops, or just aren't a fan of it for whatever reason (and I can think of a few), don't despair. There are several ways to completely bypass AppleScript without loss of functionality.
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bradleylandFeb 28, 2007
"If you're confused by AppleScript..."Apple Script is verbose, but otherwise understandable by most people, as it uses a prose like structure to construct statements. Ex:tell application "QuickTime Player"present front movie scale screenend tellWith no prior programming experience, that statement should make some sense. Having worked with RoR for about a year now on a few big projects, I can't see Ruby being any easier to understand.
noisebarFeb 28, 2007
"Going from that to Ruby's even goofier syntax is hardly an improvement."What are you talking about? How is Ruby's syntax goofy?
ahmerhussainFeb 28, 2007
This is the most pointless thing ever put on digg...
rkstarFeb 28, 2007
I guess I'm pretty confused as to how Ruby would make my applications run applescript commands? That is the main point of applescript. To streamline processes on applescript-aware applications. Like bradleyland's example of playing a video full screen. Ruby has code in it to tell QuickTime player to play video full screen? And it's somehow simpler than that? The way I see it, Applescript is a macro-scripting language, and Ruby is a programming-scripting language. With two very different purposes.
r3zonanceMar 1, 2007
"If you're confused by AppleScript..."If you're confused by AppleScript, and not a programmer, then you might just as well forget it. AppleScript is about as english written as they come.