Any scripting certifications available?

12334

Scripting is beneficial for my present position. I'd like to learn scripting but knock out a cert at the same time. I am talking about basic dos scripting here.

Thanks

Everyone

No there are not.

Turgon

Im not aware of any certifications for scripting but they likely wouldn't help you much. You learn scripting by doing. Nothing beats 1000 hours at the bash prompt.

12334

Rats, I googled for the same and noticed that the Microsoft community was pushing for it, but nothing became of it. I think it would help to be honest (at least from the angle of killing two birds with one stone).

Balantine

I just want to say that there is some knowledge that needs protecting too. Not like secrets per se but like for the protection of the industry as a whole. For example, doctors and lawyers command such amazing salaries because they have a lot of protection professionally and legally (socially) in the USA. And they've lobbied for that over the years.

12334

Balantine wrote: »

I just want to say that there is some knowledge that needs protecting too. Not like secrets per se but like for the protection of the industry as a whole. For example, doctors and lawyers command such amazing salaries because they have a lot of protection professionally and legally (socially) in the USA. And they've lobbied for that over the years.

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Devilsbane

CBT Nuggets has a series of videos for both vb script and powershell. But I don't know that there is a test that they gear you up for. There are also books out there too, but for something like scripting I prefer to see and do rather than read.

apr911

There are a *few* scripting certifications out there. Mostly pertaining to web scripting i.e. Javascript, HTML, PHP, Perl, etc.

The issue with scripting is there are very few proprietary languages out there for public consumption. The publicly available languages are generally community driven so there isnt a centralized entity actively developing them (although there might be an entity overseeing such as W3C) and trying to sell them to companies <- an important aspect since most certifications make the company money and come with some sort of string attached that pushes employers to pursue certified people (i.e. Employ certified people and you can get partner status which qualifies you for a reduction in licensing), if employers aren't buying (or dont have to) then they have no real reason to seek out certified individuals over just as capable or maybe more so, non-certified people.

Also, as with all programming/coding/scripting, everyone has their own style and flair so creating a standardized test is rather difficult to do on any advanced level so most of the scripting exams that are out there are very very basic.

I.e. I had a professor in college who loved to use if-elseif-else statements while I was more partial to the efficiency of switch/case statements. My professor and I would often debate during lab time the merits of each and when it was most appropriate to use one of the other (it was an intro to programming course in which I was mandatory enrolled even though I probably could have taught the course so I usually had working code within a few minutes of entering the 2 hour long lab)