AppleScript, in case you didn't know, is Apple's operating system scripting language. And through some mad genius science you can now create standalone applications with it through AppleScript Studio. Great! So now I can easily create an application that will automate some of my tasks. Woo hoo!
The only problem is that the AppleScript language itself, which purports to be this laymens language, is actually a convoluted painful nightmare to work with.
For example. I was stuck for an hour on a debugging statement that I had that printing the name of a file that I got from the Open File Dialog. Time after time I tried to print this thing out but I would get some impentrable "NSCouldNotCreateScript" error. What does that mean? So I Googled it and one poor bastard out in Slobovia had it once, maybe, couldn't figure out what it meant and went on. Turns out the secret ju-ju was to add 'as string' on the end of the statement.
Applescript is pure ass. No other language makes a programmer feel so stupid. And what's even more insulting is that it's supposed to be a 'for dummies' type language.
Posted by jherr at February 22, 2005 10:03 AMApplescript is pure ass. No other language makes a programmer feel so stupid.
I beg to differ.
VBScript is also jam-packed with ass-y goodness.
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