Part II is the heart of the book; it describes the AppleScript programming language.
This part is intended for use both as a reference and as a source of instruction. The order of exposition is pedagogical, and the chapters are meant to be read in order.
The chapters are:
Chapter 4, Introducing the Language
Chapter 5, Syntactic Ground of Being
Chapter 6, A Map of the World
Chapter 7, Variables
Chapter 8, Script Objects
Chapter 9, Handlers
Chapter 10, Scope
Chapter 11, Objects
Chapter 12, References
Chapter 13, Datatypes
Chapter 14, Coercions
Chapter 15, Operators
Chapter 16, Global Properties
Chapter 17, Constants
Chapter 18, Commands
Chapter 19, Control