Ruby

For those that don't care for applescript

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2 ... -ruby.html

very cool.

It's not just for "replacing" Applescript, but somethings are much easier to do in Ruby.

So if you end up writing some scripts in Ruby, since Indigo doesn't currently support executing command line apps, you can still do:

1. Execute Applescript
2. do shell script "ruby /path/to/ruby/script"

There is also appscript for doing the same bridging Python and Applescript

It's not just for "replacing" Applescript, but somethings are much easier to do in Ruby.

Really, like what? Other than this article I've never seen a bit of ruby code.

Well, internet services are very nice to call and get data from. Any kind of text parsing. So I have scripts to update my Pertelian LCD and my NabazTag that are fired off by Indigo Actions.

So now I could imagine using Ruby (or Python) to call Indigo actions or devices. Ruby has excellent hash/array organization, so can use it to get a list of devices and maybe make a report of their status or histories.

Another example, I have code via the RubyCocoa bridge to react to commands from my Apple Remote. So I can tie that into action groups or devices.

Still have to think through the ideas - but expanding the scriptability of applications to other languages, each with strenghts, is amazing. (Fare thee well VB)