Adobe Illustrator Scripting Examples

This is a template for developing Adobe Illustrator Scripts in Visual Studio Code ...

Script Folders

sample-scripts — examples provided by Adobe
scripts — examples from various sources
my-scripts — add your scripts here

Using the Debugger

Install the Extended Script Debugger Plugin for VS-Code
With the debugger you can walk through your scripts in a step-by-step fashion, or just run them as you would from Illustrator.
A couple of debug configurations are defined in .vscode/launch.json.
Feel free to add your own.

Using Intellisense

This repo uses the typings provided here

Using the Sample Scripts

To play with the sample scripts folder provided by Adobe, copy the Illustrator example scripts to this project folder.
On OSX this folder can be found at "/Applications/Adobe Illustrator 2020/Scripting.localized/Sample Scripts.localized/"

Create your own Scripts

You can use the my-scripts/Javascript folder to add your own .jsx files.
Use the Current Script run configuration to debug the selected script.
You can also write and compile Typescript inside the my-scripts/Typescript folder.

Distribute your Script

To use the scripts from Illustrator just drop them into your Script folder. On OSX the scripts folder can be found at "/Applications/Adobe Illustrator 2020/Presets.localized/en_US/Scripts"
Once the scripts work just zip and distribute them ...

Resources

Here are some resources to get you started with scripting for Illustrator:

Official

Adobe Illustrator Scripting Guide (PDF)
Javascript Scripting Reference (PDF)

Inofficial

Scripts on Github

Here are some nice examples of Illustrator scripts hosted on github:

More Resources