Chapter 24. Writing Applications

Macintosh standalone applications are typically written in languages such as C, C++, Objective-C, or REALbasic. But you can write an application with AppleScript, and this chapter talks about the ways you can do it. You can write an applet or a droplet, essentially converting a script directly into an application; this application will be more or less faceless, but it's a true standalone application, it can accept drag-and-drop of files and folders onto its icon, and it's scriptable. Or you can wrap your script in a full-fledged Cocoa interface with AppleScript Studio.

This chapter also talks about writing CGIs and how AppleScript may be used to supplement a web server. It talks about digital hub scripting. And it talks about folder actions; a folder action is not really an application, but it is like an application in that it runs independently and spontaneously, and because it responds to certain events.