scripting/programming

cdad2000

Hello everybody,

I'm in need of some career advice that only my friends @ techexams could provide. I'm a network engineer and would like to add some scripting/programming skills to make myself more valuable. But I'm not sure which language to pick-up that would be useful.

Any recommendations??Greatly appreciated

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dynamik

What do you work with and how do you see programming helping you?

I'd start with Powershell for Windows and Python for *nix.

undomiel

I'll second PowerShell for Windows. For Linux I'll be a bit different though and say learn shell scripting and Ruby. I really enjoy Ruby over Python.

dynamik

Bah, I knew you were going to say that

Why do you like it better? Have you tried the new v3 of Python? It's very different in some respects.

undomiel

Biggest reason? It's pretty simple.

Ruby feels more like C++ than Python does. Plus I hate the indenting of Python. It can make for some irritating troubleshooting. Haven't tried the new Python though so if it feels more like C++ then maybe I'll be flighty and jump ship over.

cdad2000

Thanks I'll do exactly that jump on powershell for Ms and bash for linux good skills. Thanks again

liven

Don't forget PERL!!!!

You will see that much more often than python on unix/linux systems. However I am sure that will change in time....