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Guides: Scripting & Automation
Building on the power of AppleScript, AppleScript Studio in Xcode allows script writers to create Mac OS X applications that use AppleScript scripts to control complex user interfaces. Additional scripting tools for Mac OS X are available from various open source groups. For anyone wishing to automate repetitive procedures in Mac OS X, the Automator application's visual development environment offers a simple drag-and-drop process of selecting and connecting individual workflow actions, which can include shell scripts and AppleScript scripts.
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AppleScript Studio Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to create script-driven applications with complex user interfaces based on Cocoa UI classes. Includes tutorials.
 2006-04-04
Automator Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the concepts and tasks for developing actions, which are bundles loaded by the Automator application.
 2007-12-11
Dashboard Programming Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Explains Dashboard and Web Kit technologies used in widgets.
 2007-04-13
Dashcode User Guide (HTML) (PDF) (日本語 HTML) (日本語 PDF) (Français HTML) (Français PDF) (Deutsch HTML) (Deutsch PDF) (Español HTML) (Español PDF) (Nederlands HTML) (Nederlands PDF) (Italiano HTML) (Italiano PDF) (简体中文 HTML) (简体中文 PDF)
Explains how to use Dashcode to create Dashboard widgets.
 2008-09-09
Shell Scripting Primer (HTML) (PDF)
A guided tour of (Bourne) shell scripting, including control structures, numerical computation, regular expressions, subroutines, and error handling.
 2008-04-08