Chapter 1. Scripting Concepts and Terminology
IN THIS CHAPTER
- Overview of Scripting
- Script Hosts
- ActiveX Scripting Languages
- The Component Object Model (COM)
- Critical Scripting Security Issues
- VBScript Versus Windows PowerShell
In the past few years, scripting has become increasingly popular with Windows administrators. Visual Basic, Scripting Edition—commonly known as VBScript—has become especially popular because of its ease of use and incredible flexibility. Unfortunately, most books on scripting seemed to be focused toward developers, or at least toward Windows administrators with a strong software development background. The result is that most administrators think that scripting is too complex for them, which simply isn’t true. In this ...
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