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AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
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AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

by Matt Neuburg
January 2006
Beginner
592 pages
16h 55m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Part II. The AppleScript Language

Part II is the heart of the book; it describes the AppleScript programming language.

This part is intended for use both as a reference and as a source of instruction. The order of exposition is pedagogical, and the chapters are meant to be read in order.

The chapters are:

Chapter 4, Introducing the Language

Chapter 5, Syntactic Ground of Being

Chapter 6, A Map of the World

Chapter 7, Variables

Chapter 8, Script Objects

Chapter 9, Handlers

Chapter 10, Scope

Chapter 11, Objects

Chapter 12, References

Chapter 13, Datatypes

Chapter 14, Coercions

Chapter 15, Operators

Chapter 16, Global Properties

Chapter 17, Constants

Chapter 18, Commands

Chapter 19, Control

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