Overview

This is a lean bootstrap template which intends to keep JavaScript authoring out of the Script Editor application.

Insert your application logic into Main.js. This file is evaluated entirely by Main.app. The outermost scope in Main.js is the effective global scope.

Run your Main.js code by opening Main.app via the Finder or from terminal using open Main.app. The latter is useful for editor or file system watcher integration.

Invoke the log() global method to log to the Script Editor console and system.log. The log method supports N arguments. Each argument is converted to a JS primitive. All log messages are prefixed with the name of the application. Use this string for filtering Console and system.log messages.

# tail -F /var/log/system.log | egrep "(Main.app:)"

Tips

• Call log.clear() in your near the head of your Main.js to clear the terminal output on each run.
• Main.app and Main.js can be renamed as long as the file extensions stay .app and .js.