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		peterburkimsher on March 26, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ViperCard – An open source re-creation and re-imag... I taught myself AppleScript when I was 13, to parse HTML and make 1000-character iPod Notes. I'd used LogoWriter in school since I was 7, but never got a copy of HyperCard. I heard many good things about HyperCard, but never thought it would be worth starting an emulator just to use it. I just opened ViperCard, and the GUI is totally intuitive. The scripts used by buttons share a lot of syntax with AppleScript. This is the GUI for AppleScript I always wanted. Now I know why people love it. If I'd been able to use HyperCard earlier, maybe I'd have become a front-end developer instead of a back-end engineer.

dmix on March 26, 2018 | [–]

AppleScript, for those who don't know, was heavily inspired by HyperCard. And apparently was one of the (many) core language inspirations behind Javascript too.

jacquesm on March 26, 2018 | [–]

> If I'd been able to use HyperCard earlier, maybe I'd have become a front-end developer instead of a back-end engineer.

Lucky you.

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