Introduction to Ruby and Python Programming Topics for OS X

Describes Ruby and Python on OS X, and especially the bridges between them and Objective-C and OSA (AppleScript).

Organization of This Document

These programming topics consist of the following articles:

Ruby and Python on OS X gives an overview of the Ruby and Python resources on OS X, including the Cocoa and OSA bridges, and provides links to websites related to these scripting languages.

Building a RubyCocoa Application: A Tutorial steps you through the creation of a simple RubyCocoa application.

Using Scripting Bridge in PyObjC and RubyCocoa Code describes how to incorporate Scripting Bridge in your code to communicate with and control OSA-compliant applications.

Generating Framework Metadata explains what framework metadata is and how to create these XML files used by the scripting bridges.