.Net developers, what is your go-to scripting language?

[AspDotNetDev]

C'est la vie.

Martin Fowler wrote:

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

[SimulationofSai]

I agree. And it's portable too.

SG Aham Brahmasmi!

[CalvinHobbies]

English is a broken language, constant debugging, and still doesn't look or sound right once you are done with it. you know, like a Ford.

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[PIEBALDconsult]

That depends on the task. BAT files Perl

[dazfuller]

Python, sometimes JavaScript given that Node.js now runs on windows but Python is still my go-to-guy

[daleofcourse]

I had to recently rewrite some old utilities we had on Linux as the C source code had gone missing; Python was my go to language.

[hoernchenmeister]

Are you sure they went home and not that they did surrender?

[Gary Wheeler]

.BATch and VBScript. If I can't do it with those two, I write an app.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Paul A Howes]

Ruby and IronRuby

Paul A .NET developer who now drinks the Ruby and Cocoa Koolaid.

[Fabio Franco]

I don't use scripts. C# on windows forms accomplish most of my quick tasks very efficiently.

"To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson

[StarNamer work]

For scripting of command line (or similar) tasks I use Perl.

[Brad Stiles]

BAT, Perl, Powershell, depending on the task. Currently reading: "The Prince", by Nicolo Machiavelli

[Karl Sanford]

I find that I've been using Powershell more and more. I really like being able to work with .NET objects in script to quickly test something as I work on a larger project, rather than firing up another solution to test 3 lines of code.

"It's like the sixties, but with less hope."

[eslsys]

Powershell, Javascript - very much depends on what needs doing

[David Lumm]

Usually some kind of shell scripting, whether Batch or BASH. I keep meaning to try Python out, but have just never gotten round to it.

Er, I can't think of a funny signature right now. How about a good fart to break the silence?

[loctrice]

I use gentoo at home, and m$ at work. This leads to vbs,vba, and perl. I prefer perl.

[wbaxter37]

Ruby. I still resort to DOS batch files, but that's because I've used it since it first appeared.

[alexdresko]

Here lately, I've been using LINQPad for all my local machine scripting needs. It's fast, light weight, and because I have a license, it has full intellisense support. It's also much faster than firing up VisualStudio to create a new C# project. Regardless, I don't "script" anything. Why script something when I can get full intellisense and debugging support in LINQPad or VisualStudio?

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[Gates VP]

Now that I know PowerShell, it's PowerShell all the way. I keep a lib of tools handy on my LiveMesh and use this to control everything.

[James Lonero]

I second this.