JavaScript 2’s new direction

Standardization efforts for the next version of JavaScript have taken a sharp turn this month, with some key changes in the Web scripting technology’s direction, InfoWorld reports.

ClickInstall helps make software installerClickInstall is a new utility to help Mac OS X application developers make a custom installer.
REALbasic 2008 Release 3 shipsREAL Software has updated its development application REALbasic, adding several new features.

Geek Factor: 8 great Automator downloads
You don't have to stick with the Automator actions that came with OS X. Ben Waldie lists his favorite third-party Automator downloads.
AppleScript versus Alameda County
Jason Snell battles a wonky Java applet to get a readable version of a court case.
Geek Factor: Automating Word with AppleScript
Unfortunately, Word 2008 doesn’t support VBA. The good news is that, with a little tinkering, almost anything you could do with a VBA macro in previous versions of Word, you can now do with AppleScript in Word 2008.
Geek Factor: Leopard’s Unix tricks
Mac OS X 10.5 includes a number of changes to its Unix core, perhaps more than in any prior OS X release. Here are my picks for the five most interesting and useful ones.
Geek Factor: Automating Word 2008
We didn’t have for all of Joe Kissell’s AppleScripts for Word 2008 in the magazine. Here are three more. These scripts are all in the enclosed download file.

Basic lesson: Microsoft listens to its users
Visual Basic for Applications is headed back to Office for the Mac in a future release. So what does that mean for the VBA-using Office user of today?
Opinion: What Microsoft’s Yahoo bid means for Mac IT
John C. Welch looks at two Yahoo products used by Mac IT administrators that face an uncertain future if Microsoft is successful in its bid to buy Yahoo.
Opinion: Xcode is Apple’s not-so-secret weapon
Apple’s decision to give away its development tools with every copy of Mac OS X has opened up new horizons for Mac users, particularly systems administrators.

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