andymatuschak.org: Asides

RubyCocoa + Scripting Bridge = :)

require ‘osx/cocoa’
include OSX
require_framework ‘ScriptingBridge’
iTunes = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier:
	‘com.apple.iTunes’
iTunes.playpause
puts "Now playing: #{iTunes.currentTrack.name}"

Panic’s released CandyBar 3 with some absolutely gorgeous web design. Check it out for some great UI, both in and out of the app.

As a side note, it seems to use some kind of in-house update mechanism that isn’t Sparkle.

I’d like to draw your attention to F-Script Anywhere, now available for Leopard. Excellent for those of us who frequently find ourselves wondering: “how exactly did they do that?”

Apple finally updated its documentation for the first time in the last few months. Make sure you check out what’s new, especially the AppKit and Foundation release notes.

Other interesting articles:

• Animation Overview
• Core Animation Cookbook
• Code Signing Release Notes
• Garbage Collection Programming Guide
• Instruments User Guide
• Interface Builder User Guide
• Latent Semantic Mapping Reference

Cocoa Browser SN, the app I recommended in the Cocoa meta-tutorial, is now available for Leopard. Excellent—I’d been running a version I’d hacked together to be compliant.