Serious First Steps In UserTalk Scripting
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Serious First Steps

In UserTalk Scripting



By Matt Neuburg

01. About This Tutorial
  Squash the learning curve and start writing your own UserTalk programs.
02. What Does Frontier Do?
  A brief reminder of Frontier's various powers.
03. Keywords, Handlers, Verbs, and Calls
  We learn to count from 1 to 10.
04. Loops, Variables, Parameters, and Conditionals
  We count from 1 to 10 more cleverly, and then we count from anything to anything.
05. The Handler Rule
  Pushing the Run button and calling one script from another do different things.
06. Returns, Addresses, and Dereferencing
  When a script calls a verb, an answer comes back - sometimes more than one answer.
07. Scope and With
  Precisely which "x" are we talking about here?
08. Strings and Files
  We begin fearlessly messing with your hard disk.
09. Outlines and Tables
  Driving Frontier to build an outline from scratch.
10. Running, Debugging, and Getting Help
  General techniques for developing and working with scripts.
11. Datatypes
  The kinds of objects UserTalk can work with.
12. A Real-Life Problem
  Introducing the AmelioWeb demo, as seen in Los Angeles.
13. String Parsing and Substitution
  Part 1 of creating the AmelioWeb demo for ourselves.
14. Manipulating Files and Folders
  Part 2 of creating the AmelioWeb demo for ourselves.
15. Final Touches
  Part 3 of creating the AmelioWeb demo for ourselves.


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