B.1 Scripting Software

• Script Debugger, a commercial script editing and debugging environment with many powerful features to assist development; without it, I couldn't write any AppleScript code, and wouldn't have been able to write this book:

  http://latenightsw.com/sd3.0/index.html

• JavaScript OSA, a free OSA component file that adds JavaScript as a System-wide scripting language on your machine, complete with the ability to send and receive Apple events:

  http://latenightsw.com/freeware/JavaScriptOSA/index.html

• Gary McGath's EightyRez, a free 'aete' resource editor; this book could not have been written without it:

  http://www.panix.com/~gmcgath/EightyRez.html

• Smile, a free script editing environment:

  http://www.satimage.fr/software/en/softx.html

• FastScripts, a replacement for Apple's Script menu:

  http://www.red-sweater.com/RedSweater/FSFeatures.html

• Big Cat, a contextual menu script runner:

  http://ranchero.com/bigcat

• QuicKeys, a macro program:

  http://www.quickeys.com/products/qkx.html

• iKey, Keyboard Maestro, and DragThing, programs that let you run a script by typing a keyboard shortcut:

  http://www.scriptsoftware.com/ikey

  http://www.keyboardmaestro.com

  http://www.dragthing.com

• iDo Script Scheduler, a commercial product for running scripts at specified times:

  http://www.sophisticated.com/products/ido/ido_ss.html