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Leopard Articles: Scripting & Automation
Based to a large degree on its UNIX technology-based foundation, Mac OS X supports a large range of open source scripting languages. In addition to supporting common shell scripts, Mac OS X includes many popular scripting languages, including Perl, Python, PHP, and Ruby. Additional scripting facilities for Mac OS X are available from various open source groups.

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Using Python with Quartz 2D on Mac OS X (HTML)
New article on using the Python bindings in Mac OS X to access the Quartz 2D graphics API.
2007-07-10
Using Ruby on Rails for Web Development on Mac OS X (HTML)
Learn why Mac OS X is the preferred platform for Ruby on Rails.
2007-06-06
Using PyObjC for Developing Cocoa Applications with Python (HTML)
Learn how to build a sample Cocoa app using the Cocoa-Python bridge PyOjbC.
2005-08-15
Introduction to Open Source Scripting on Mac OS X (HTML)
Learn your scripting options for automating a wide range of tasks quickly.
2005-08-01