Timeline for answer to AppleScript vs. Bash script? by cajunluke
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| Jun 4, 2012 at 0:01 | comment | added | Noldorin | Oh okay. That's why it didn't click. :P Fair enough, I'll have to go with that then. | |
| Jun 3, 2012 at 19:55 | comment | added | cajunluke | @Noldorin Actually, we recommended the same book. I just accidentally typed the publisher's name instead of the author's. | |
| Jun 3, 2012 at 18:49 | comment | added | Noldorin | Thanks for that. I also got a recommendation from @Ash below, so I shall look at both. Perhaps one is better for learning and the other as a reference? Either way, this looks like a good place to start, ta. | |
| Jun 2, 2012 at 4:31 | comment | added | cajunluke | @Noldorin I didn't mention the name. It's the O'Reilly Applescript Definitive Guide, and it's a pretty good reference text. | |
| Jun 1, 2012 at 21:47 | comment | added | Noldorin | What book huh? I don't see the name of any book... | |
| Jun 1, 2012 at 16:22 | comment | added | cajunluke | @Noldorin Pretty much trial and error and Google. Some things are hard to Google for, so that's why I bought the book. | |
| Jun 1, 2012 at 16:17 | comment | added | Noldorin | @CajunLuke: Ah, fair enough. How did you learn AppleScript for the first time though?? | |
| Jun 1, 2012 at 15:59 | comment | added | cajunluke | @Noldorin I bought a book to learn AppleScript, but I tend to use Google first and the book's index second when I'm trying to remember the syntax of a particular command. | |
| Jun 1, 2012 at 15:18 | comment | added | Daniel♦ | AppleScript has a (somewhat earned) reputation for being read-only; Shell scripts sometimes lean toward the "write-only" end of the spectrum. | |
| Jun 1, 2012 at 15:04 | vote | accept | Noldorin | ||
| Jun 1, 2012 at 15:00 | comment | added | Noldorin | Thanks; that's a very informative overview. Do you have any recommendations for good learning resources on AppleScript perchance? (Bash script too, although I could find those quite easily myself probably.) | |
| Jun 1, 2012 at 0:08 | history | answered | cajunluke | CC BY-SA 3.0 |