Goodbye AppleScript, Hello JSTalk
@ccgus just antiquated AppleScript by releasing JSTalk. img http://img.skitch.com/20090327-q79aywy3ngxrw4hwdh1s82emeg.png http://gusmueller.com/blog/archives/2009/03/introducing_jstalk__an_alternative_to_applescript.html From the blog post announcement: JSTalk’s goal can described like this: JSTalk is to AppleScript, what Cocoa is to Carbon.…
@ccgus just antiquated AppleScript by releasing JSTalk.
img http://img.skitch.com/20090327-q79aywy3ngxrw4hwdh1s82emeg.png http://gusmueller.com/blog/archives/2009/03/introducing_jstalk__an_alternative_to_applescript.html
From the blog post announcement:
JSTalk’s goal can described like this: JSTalk is to AppleScript, what Cocoa is to Carbon. […] You write your scripts in JavaScript, and application communication is handled via Cocoa’s distributed objects. Like PyObjc and RubyCocoa, JSTalk uses a bridge to talk to Cocoa (JSCocoa + WebKit’s JavaScriptCore), so you get all the power and speed that comes with it.
As a fan of both Cocoa and JavaScript, I couldn’t be more excited. Nice work Gus!
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