Javascript for Automation 6: More Scripts, Games, and Tools (Aquitaine Programming)

JavaScript for Automation 6: More Scripts, Games, and Tools

Take Control of Your Mac. Build, Automate, and Play.

Unlock the full power of your Mac with the ultimate JXA guide for 2025. Whether you’re a seasoned coder or just automation-curious, JavaScript for Automation 6 invites you into a hands-on, creative exploration of scripting on macOS—using Apple’s underappreciated but deeply capable JavaScript for Automation (JXA) environment.

Inside this volume, you’ll build real tools, automate apps, and even play games—all while learning how to create smarter workflows and more joyful interactions with your Mac.

🛠 Build practical tools for apps like Safari, BBEdit, Photos, Notes, Script Editor, and Shortcuts

🧠 Explore cross-app scripting—create reminders, reading lists, clipboard managers, and more

🎮 Run a multiplayer Bingo game with Numbers, TextEdit, text-to-speech, and voice commands

🎓 Learn by doing with code walkthroughs, smart utilities, and philosophical side quests (including a wild ride linking Plato’s Theory of Forms to Object-Oriented Programming)

Chapters include:

The Eternal Blueprint: Forms and OOP

AppleScript Studio: A Pivotal Step in Mac Programming

JXA Bingo Game

Clipboard Utilities & BBEdit Clippings

Shortcuts Quiz Game

Safari + Reminders Mashups

Querying ChatGPT from Script Editor

This isn’t a dry programming manual. It’s a playbook for curious minds—packed with working scripts, clever hacks, and practical automation experiments that make your Mac more personal, more powerful, and more fun to use.

Perfect for developers, tech enthusiasts, educators, and tinkerers. If you’ve ever thought “there has to be an easier way,” this book will help you write it.