This list is so Garrulous

[Collins Richey]

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Michael Hipp <Michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> On 3/5/2010 6:53 PM, Collins Richey wrote:
>>
>> I'm starting to learn Power Shell as a preliminary to setting up a
>> *nix interface to Active Directory.
>
> I'm currently working with PowerShell also as I need to take some bash
> scripts and make Windows equivalents. Wish I could get excited about it but
> I just can't. If you come across any good PS resources please let me know.
>
> I have Windows 7 running on a couple of machines. Works well enough. About
> as stable as XP and a zillion times better than Vista (not saying much).
> Unfortunately it is still Windows and it's made by MS - no solution exists
> for these terminal deficiencies.
>
I'm using the book "Windows PowerShell Unleashed" (Tyson Kopczynski,
SAMS), and it covers my areas of interest pretty well.

Except for the aforementioned "terminal deficiencies", PS is not a bad
language. Our company is totally Windows centric, but we do maintain a
large set of Linux servers and desktop boxes for the development of
product (settop boxes for the satellite/cable TV industry - all of
these use imbedded Linux). The authentication and DNS repository for
the company will be AD based, so I will need scripts that
reference/manipulate various AD components. One positive sign - PS
does have a secured, certificate based interface for remote access!

The other "exciting/frustrating" component of my project is the
conversion of my existing administrative scripts (MySQL/PHP) to an
Oracle APEX (Application Express) environment. APEX is easy to use for
setting up web applications that are tabled based. Once you've grokked
the design philosophy (not simple and not totally documented), it's a
good productivity tool for the Oracle environment. The tough part will
be integrating with external scripts (base APEX only really talks to
javascript and plsql). Fortunately javascript support includes jquery
support, so that will make things a little easier.

Sigh! Who'd a thunk it? At this point, I'm learning more than I ever
wanted to know about the Windows server environment.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.