Scripting Tinderbox in v8

I agree. What are your favorites, Rob? Books and “resources”?

It’s been said a few times in this forum that scripting is a “niche” for most Tinderbox users. I disagree – Tinderbox is full of procedural and objective concepts and tools. Queries, actions, templates, stamps, rules, etc. It’s not possible to do much of value with Tinderbox without stepping into that facet of Tinderbox. Developing action coding, template building, etc., skills is the path to realizing the full value of the software we purchased.

To date, the new osascript capabilities have to some extent been characterized as “here’s something interesting that was recently bolted on” rather than “here’s a significant extension of Tinderbox’s personality”. The latter characterization is, I suggest, something exciting and its value worth explaining to users. The message is not “oh, that’s for a few advanced users – you don’t really need to know about it”, but rather "out of the box, Tinderbox is terrific – and let’s show you how to really crank up the value … "