One of the more common tasks for an administrator is to write a script for a helpdesk employee or a fellow admin who is maybe not so PowerShell savvy (yet). Many of you like to package that script as an executable file to prevent the user from “experimenting” with your code and messing things up […]
Tag: Notepad
VersionRecall integration with PrimalScript and PowerShell Studio
The folks over at PowerShell.org recently published a review of VersionRecall (http://powershell.org/wp/2014/04/15/review-sapien-versionrecall/) There was one paragraph that took us a little bit by surprise: “Unfortunately, PowerShell Studio doesn’t seem to recognize VersionRecall as a source control provider (at least, it didn’t show up when I tried to configure source control in PowerShell Studio). That means […]
Introducing SAPIEN’s VersionRecall 2014
Version control is a necessity for most, if not all, software development teams. When you work with a large number of individuals plugging away at the same code you just need some mechanism to channel access and preserve previous known-good states. Version control systems have evolved from simple check-in/check-out systems like Microsoft’s Delta and later […]
Back from TechEd: What’s wrong with using Notepad?
Some folks wandered by our booth and after realizing that some of our products involve editing scripts of various languages reacted with statements like: “I use notepad, it works fine”, “Notepad is just on every machine” or “What would you do that Notepad can’t do.?” Others bowed their head almost in shame while admitting that […]
