SCRIPT's

DevilWAH

One thing I have to admit to is very little scripting know how. Really because I have just never had reason to use it. No one where I work ever uses it with in the hardware/server side of IT. Although we do have a lot of in house developers for datebase and web services.

So if I was going to learn a scripting language, what one would people suggest I start with? and why this over the others. And what do you use them for? Ok I know what a script does.. but what tasks do you people put them to use daily?

Long ago I did some C++, batch files I was good enough at, and have a basic (mean basic) grasp of VB.

I just see,

VB,
Pythen,
Peal,
power shell,
and many others and I want to learn one. But I like to learn things on the job, so i'm trying to think of a situation on my network where scripting would be useful, and then learn some scripting as I work out how to apply to it.

I mention it here because I want to learn this alongside my CCNP.

ColbyG

Learn Perl.

mikem2te

Powershell if you do any Microsoft admin

SysAdmin4066

Learn Powershell if you ever touch a Microsoft server. 2003 uses it now, it's built into 2008, it's an Exchange 2007 interface configuration method. It's very important in the Windows server world.

During my current migration from Novell to Active Directory, we've used scripts galore to automate repetive tasks, such as building print queues, moving objects around, etc. Scripting, even just basic scripting is pretty useful in large environments.