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Hi,
I recently took a look at powershell. Its awesome !! . With powershell I can do following things related to my job
[a] UI automation ( Win32 and .Net UI apps )
Web Automation ( Request Response Based and Web UI Automation )
[c] Automate Administrative Tasks
[d] Perform Light Weight db verification .

I used to do all these in C# before , Now I can use powershell and be more productive , right away ! . Powershell + vi / vim == heaven . I do not intend to start a nix vs Windows war , but whats your opinion guys ? Why not use powershell for automating most of our os - dev activites ?

Regards
Shrek

I kinda think it's a little too complex for my taste. I prefer either bash or cmd.exe. An apparent combination isn't what I'd be looking for.

I usually use python for any kind of complex command line work. The main reason I don't use powershell is that I'm used to python and it does everything I need it to.

shrek's right.
powershell may be a tad complex, but it's exactly what we .net developers needed. something to help us automate, without having to use a scripting language like Python or Ruby, or resort to mixing IL and C#.

Is there a Linux PowerShell port (doubt it)? Cool as it may be (haven't tried it yet), I'd never use it for an open source project because I want everything I distribute to be as portable as possible. For personal stuff, it would probably do. I'll give it a try one of these days.

Hi,

@Shrek - a couple of days ago, I downloaded PowerShell and was just thinking of posting exactly the same as you

Cheers,
Adam

redoktober wrote:shrek's right.
powershell may be a tad complex, but it's exactly what we .net developers needed. something to help us automate, without having to use a scripting language like Python or Ruby...

...which would at least be portable. Nope, I'm with Love4Boobies on this one.

hi,
But it does help in doing a lot of things quickly

Regards
Shrek

Solar wrote:...which would at least be portable.

Not everybody needs portability.

Runs on Windows, so I don't care.

There are a lot of (IMHO) good ideas in Windows Powershell, and I think it's a bit harsh to dismiss out of hand simply because it doesn't run on your preferred operating system. Even if you never plan to seriously use it (like me), it may still be worth a look for ideas for your own shell.

steveklabnik wrote:

Colonel Kernel wrote:

Solar wrote: ...which would at least be portable.

Not everybody needs portability.

Runs on Windows, so I don't care.

Uh-huh...

When I mentioned portability, I don't mean the need to port the build system of project X to platform Y. What I meant is the possibility that your next project / job might no longer use the Windows platform. I am looking for portable knowledge.

But JackScott has a good argument, here: PowerShell as an inspiration for your own shell. That, certainly, has merit.

JackScott wrote:There are a lot of (IMHO) good ideas in Windows Powershell, and I think it's a bit harsh to dismiss out of hand simply because it doesn't run on your preferred operating system. Even if you never plan to seriously use it (like me), it may still be worth a look for ideas for your own shell.

That's true. It's certainly possible that there are good ideas in there somewhere, however, given Microsoft's track record of good ideas, I won't bother.

Now, if someone were to point out a good idea from it to me, and say, "look what Powershell does!", I'd pay attention. Good ideas are good ideas, no matter who they come from. But I'm not going to go looking.





So, I figured, what the hell, I'll take a look. So I pulled up the Wikipedia page on PowerShell....it just seems like a crippled *nix shell to me. Maybe I'm just being silly, but what are these advantages, really? I'm not getting it.

Love4Boobies wrote:Is there a Linux PowerShell port (doubt it)?

http://pash.sourceforge.net/