We’re pleased to announce several great pieces of news for Windows PowerShell: TFM, the first book on Windows PowerShell and the first print publication from SAPIEN Press:
Finally, the manuscript is complete! Once the last bits of graphic design for the cover are finished, we’ll be off to the presses.
The first official sample chapters (not “preview” chapters) …
So here you have it from the horse’s mouth on the future of VBScript: This week at Microsoft IT Forum in Barcelona, Jeffery Snover (architect of Windows PowerShell) said that VBScript is “feature complete,” meaning it wouldn’t be developed any further, but that it also wasn’t considered “outdated” and would be included in future versions of Windows for the “forseeable …
I’m at Microsoft IT Forum in Barcelona, and have picked up some great tips and news about Windows PowerShell that I thought I’d share.
First, PoSH is now part of the Windows Common Engineering Criteria (CEC). Although the new CEC needn’t be met until 2009, this is the bit of Microsoft policy which specifies how Windows components need to be …
SAPIEN Technologies today announced the release of PrimalScript 4.1, the latest version of their award-winning universal script environment. Along with significant new features for VBScript, Web, and XML development, 4.1 includes comprehensive new support for Windows PowerShell? the new Windows command line shell and scripting language released today by Microsoft Corporation.
We’ve updated the “Essentials” page on ScriptingAnswers.com (http://www.scriptinganswers.com/essentials.asp) to include Essentials for both VBScript and Windows PowerShell.
“Essentials” are short scripts that demonstrate how to do particular things in a script, such as enumerating through objects, bringing up a debug window, using alternate credentials, and so forth. These tasks are commonly asked about in the ScriptingAnswers.com forums, so …
Having had some time now to play with PowerShell RC2, I haveto say – impressed. I like that the screen is no longer fixed at 80characters of width (you can customize the width you want). I adore the ADSIand WMI support.
In fact, let me take a moment to thank Microsoft for theADSI support. The …
Fresh from two ScriptingAnswers.com LIVE! classes (Chicagoand Seattle; www.scriptingtraining.comfor the 2007 schedule once it’s posted), I find that Windows PowerShellRC2 is finally available! It’s at
Today’s edition of TechNet Radio features an interview with SAPIEN Technologies’ Don Jones, founder of ScriptingAnswers.com and author of several scripting-related books. Don disusses Windows PowerShell, how ScriptingAnswers.com got started, and where scripting is going.
The ScriptingAnswers.com Audio Network – Don Jones’ podcast on all things scripting – is back after a summer hiatus. In the latest episode, you’ll find plenty of scripting news, some scripting tips, and an all-new trivia contest that’ll require more than just a quick Google search to solve (and which can reward you with thousands of dollars in prizes, if …
SAPIEN Technologies is pleased to announce a new set of scripting-related tools which are available for free. These tools will be hosted at http://www.primalscript.com/freetools/, and the collection of tools will grow over time. New tools will always be added to this central page. This is just SAPIEN’s way of offering a little extra functionality to the community, outside of …
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