Although many Linux developers are only now discovering the combination of a scripting language and a graphical user interface (GUI) toolkit, this sort of development environment is not new. The ...

GUI-based administration might linger for a while, but working from the console prompt is the wave of the future. And that means scripting. The days of GUI-based Windows administration are numbered.

Microsoft’s mighty Windows administration framework gets even better with the help of these resources. Most are free, and the three for-fee tools are well worth the cost. Ah, PowerShell. A simple blue ...