Re: Re: [MacPerl] Aspiring Newbie

[Kevin van Haaren <kevinv@sound.net>]

At 8:44 PM -0400 8/31/1998, Awrobinson@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 8/31/98 8:45:56 AM, kevinv@sound.net wrote:
>
>>>Also, what would you say are the best books to learn MacPerl and
>>>Applescript from?  I see that Ms. Brown and Mr. Nandor have written a book
>>>on MacPerl so if you have, in your opinion, a better book suggestion for me
>>>please email me privately.  No offense to either one of you, I'm new to the
>>>list and don't know either one of you.  I hope you understand.
>>
>>MacPerl: Power and Ease is the definitive book for MacPerl, and worth every
>>penny (IMO). Programming Perl from O'Reilley (camel book) is the definitive
>>book for perl in general, although it uses the Unix version for it's
>>examples.
>
>I absolutely agree about the Perl books. Can someone recommend the best
>beginning book for Applescript?
>
>Andrew Robinson

The only Applescript book I have is Danny Goodman's AppleScript Handbook.
It taught me what I needed to know at one point but haven't had time to
delve into it in depth.  In fact I just grabbed it off the shelf for this
message and I haven't taken the free floppy disk out of the book.

The floppy is supposed to have 100+ sample scripts and lots of OSAX's.

Kevin



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