This section describes WebScript language features and syntax. For a complete WebScript example and a discussion of how scripts operate within the larger context of a WebObjects application, see Using WebScript in a WebObjects Application.
The topics included in this section are:
This section discusses using WebScript in the context of a WebObjects application. For a detailed discussion of the structure of a WebObjects application, see the chapter Getting Started. The topics included in this section are:
This section describes where scripts fit in to the overall structure of a WebObjects application.
This simple example is used to illustrate how a script operates within the larger context of a WebObjects application. The Visitors example is a one-page application that takes the name of the current visitor, and displays the most recent visitor as well as the total count of visitors to the page.
This section discusses the global and session variables you declare in an application script, and the transaction and persistent variables you use in a component script.
This section describes how you access variables declared in one script from another.
For information on debugging WebScript, see the section "Debugging" in the chapter "Compiling and Debugging WebObjects Applications."
This section provides a reference summary of the statements, operators, and keywords used by the WebScript language. Read this section if you want a quick overview of what's in the WebScript language.
The following topics apply to special audiences.
If you're new to object-oriented programming, read this section for a quick overview of object-oriented concepts.
This section describes the origins of the WebScript syntax.
If you're an Objective-C developer and you want to know how WebScript compares to Objective-C, read this section.