What is PowerShell ?
Next to the What shell? discussion : Dueling Command Lines in Windows Server 2008
As you also could see in the Channel 9 video , Windows PowerShell: Origin and Future , with Bruce Payette's opinion about what PowerShell really is.
There is an active and lengthy discussion going on about what PowerShell now actualy is ?
, very nice to follow :
http://4sysops.com/archives/free-windows-powershell-book-or-why-powerscript-would-have-been-a-better-name/
http://blog.sapien.com/current/2007/5/23/do-you-get-it.html
http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-powershell-for-administrators/
http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2007/05/windows-powershell-for-it-administrators.htm
and Jeffrey Snovers opinion on the PowerShell team blog :
Shell or Scripting Language – It’s Shimmer!
For me about 90 % of the PowerShell work is in the interactive shell using onliners, variables and REPL to prototype and do day to day tasks.
Only a small percentage makes it into a script, so PowerShell is more a Shell as a scripting language for me, but also I mostly prefer using .NET classes above Cmdlets, and as I am a consultant I have an IT Pro, not a developer background.
What is PowerShell for you ?
Enjoy,
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