The JSL Cookbook II

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The New JSL Cookbook is finally here! It is a revamp of the old Cookbook to offer recipes that are more accessible and general.

On the main page, you’ll see four sections: Appetizers, Main Courses, Side Dishes, and Desserts. In general, the sections will go from basic to advanced. Appetizers will be used for recipes about fundamental tools in JSL, like Script Window and the Debugger. The focus won’t be on code writing but on things to help you write code better and faster. The center of attention in Main Courses will be JSL objects: tables, journals, platforms, etc., as well as basic input-output. While many of the operations in this section will become simpler as the Action Recorder develops, there will always be a need to tweak automatically generated code. Side Dishes gets into some of the nuts and bolts of JSL—things like looping, branching, error trapping, and so on. Recipes that take your JSL skills to the next level will be found here. Finally, the Desserts section will contain recipes going above and beyond everyday scripting. Here you’ll find items covering both advanced topics and JSL-based JMP applications, such as the Application Builder.

Here are the starting nine recipes in the Cookbook:

Appetizers

The Script Window – Basics

Using the Script Widow – Next Steps

Main Courses

Join 2 Tables and Create a Subset

Modify a Report Based on Analysis Results

Build a Tailored Report using Messages

Concatenate CSV Files Selected by User

Side Dishes

Using a Dialog Box to Create a Tailored Report

Desserts

Accessing Information using REST/API – Getting Started

Running a Platform without Knowing the Number of Names of Columns

Tags will be used to cross reference topics to recipes. Here is the current list:

Tag	Recipes
Enhanced Log	The Script Window – Basics (Appetizers) Join 2 Tables and Create a Subset (Main Courses) Build a Tailored Report using Messages (Main Courses)
Script Editor	The Script Window – Basics (Appetizers) Using the Script Widow – Next Steps (Appetizers)
Scripting Index	The Script Window – Basics (Appetizers) Modify a Report Based on Analysis Results (Main Courses) Build a Tailored Report using Messages (Main Courses)
Data Table Objects	Join 2 Tables and Create a Subset (Main Courses)
Colors	Modify a Report Based on Analysis Results (Main Courses)
Platform Objects	Modify a Report Based on Analysis Results (Main Courses) Build a Tailored Report using Messages (Main Courses)
Report Objects	Modify a Report Based on Analysis Results (Main Courses) Build a Tailored Report using Messages (Main Courses)
XPATH	Modify a Report Based on Analysis Results (Main Courses)
Input-Output	Concatenate CSV Files Selected by User (Main Courses)
Lists	Concatenate CSV Files Selected by User (Main Courses)
String Manipulation	Concatenate CSV Files Selected by User (Main Courses)
User Input	Concatenate CSV Files Selected by User (Main Courses) Using a Dialog Box to Create a Tailored Report (Main Courses)
Dialogs	Using a Dialog Box to Create a Tailored Report (Main Courses) Accessing Information using REST/API – Getting Started (Desserts)
Expression Handling	Using a Dialog Box to Create a Tailored Report (Main Courses) Running a Platform without Knowing the Number of Names of Columns (Desserts)
Associative Arrays	Accessing Information using REST/API – Getting Started (Desserts)
REST/API	Accessing Information using REST/API – Getting Started (Desserts)

The New Cookbook is meant to be a living document. In the coming months, we will be adding more recipes, tagged topics, and resource links. We will use this blog as a place to post questions and comments about the Cookbook.

We would also like to encourage you to submit your recipe to be included in the Cookbook. We'll ask for the completed code and recipe instructions, similar to what you currently see attached to the recipes. Please make your documents editable. There is no need to record yourself performing the recipe.

That’s it for now. Hope you enjoy. Bon Appetit!