https://github.com/JXA-Cookbook/JXA-Cookbook

Cookbook for JavaScript for Automation in Mac OS X Yosemite
https://github.com/JXA-Cookbook/JXA-Cookbook

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Cookbook for JavaScript for Automation in Mac OS X Yosemite

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/JXA-Cookbook/JXA-Cookbook
• Owner: JXA-Cookbook
• Created: 2014-10-28T13:15:58.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-11-02T17:07:07.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-22T04:29:17.422Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: catalina, cookbook, el-capitan, javascript, jxa, wiki, yosemite
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.89 MB
• Stars: 2,888
• Watchers: 92
• Forks: 116
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
[JavaScript for Automation Cookbook][wiki]

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JavaScript for Automation is a new thing in Mac OS X Yosemite.

It allows you to control applications using JavaScript language. How awesome!

However, [its documentation](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/releasenotes/InterapplicationCommunication/RN-JavaScriptForAutomation/index.html) covers the basics of using JavaScript to interact with the Open Scripting Architecture.

For many tasks in scripting, there's a lot to figure out, and many different documentations to refer to.

So I created this JavaScript for Automation cookbook that features a lot of examples, such as:

- How to [display alert, prompt and confirm dialogs](https://github.com/dtinth/JXA-Cookbook/wiki/User-Interactions).

- How to [run shell scripts](https://github.com/dtinth/JXA-Cookbook/wiki/Shell-and-CLI-Interactions).

- How to [create a command-line script](https://github.com/dtinth/JXA-Cookbook/wiki/Using-JavaScript-for-Automation#creating-a-shebang-script) (shebang script) and read `argv` arguments, how to create a [Mac OS X service](https://github.com/dtinth/JXA-Cookbook/wiki/Using-JavaScript-for-Automation#creating-a-mac-os-x-service), or how to [invoke the REPL](https://github.com/dtinth/JXA-Cookbook/wiki/Using-JavaScript-for-Automation#running-the-repl-read-eval-print-loop).

- How to [use Browserify to be able to require npm modules](https://github.com/dtinth/JXA-Cookbook/wiki/Exotic-Recipes#requiring-commonjs-and-npm-modules-using-browserify) in JXA.

Where it makes sense, I try to link to the official documentation as much as possible so you can dive deeper.

For ease of editing and contribution, the cookbook's contents are on the [wiki][].

[![Enter Wiki](https://svg-buttons.herokuapp.com/button/plain.svg?button_width=400&text=Enter+Wiki)][wiki]

[wiki]: https://github.com/dtinth/JXA-Cookbook/wiki