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Leopard Guides: Scripting & Automation
Cocoa applications can take advantage of automated support supplied by the Foundation and Application Kit frameworks to make their applications scriptable. A scriptable application is one that is capable of performing operations or returning data in response to AppleScript scripts. Cocoa applications can also control other scriptable applications.
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AppleScript Language Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Defines the AppleScript scripting language. Includes many brief sample scripts.
 2008-03-11
Cocoa Scripting Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to create scriptable Cocoa applications that use the scripting definition (sdef) format.
 2008-03-11
Ruby and Python Programming Topics for Mac OS X (HTML) (PDF)
Describes Ruby and Python on Mac OS X, and especially the bridges between them and Objective-C and OSA (AppleScript).
 2007-10-31
Scripting Bridge Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Scripting Bridge technology, which bridges OSA-compliant applications to Objective-C, and explains how to use it in Cocoa programs.
 2008-03-11
XML-RPC and SOAP Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to make remote procedure calls from applications or from AppleScript scripts.
 2005-03-03