Winter Scripting Games: Profiles in Perfection
Jeremy Clore
As part of the 2008 Winter Scripting Games the Script Center is profiling competitors who recorded a perfect score in the 2007 Scripting Games. Here, in his own words, is a little something about Jeremy Clore, who received a perfect score in the Windows PowerShell Advanced division.
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Jeremy Clore
Hi, my name is Jeremy Clore. I have spent the past seven years working in IT in one capacity or another. Early on, a local service company took a chance on me and hired me aboard as a hardware technician. I turned a lot of screws in printers, desktops, and laptops while striving for continual improvement in my skills in order to open doors to new opportunities. In the past few years, I’ve obtained my MCSE while working in desktop and server support roles.
Currently, I work in Server Technology for Quixtar Inc., a company based in Grand Rapids, Mich. that enables people to have a business of their own based on retailing products and sharing the opportunity with others who will do the same. My responsibilities include server builds and deployment, application support (SharePoint, Terminal Services, Active Directory, etc.) and consulting with various internal project teams to assist in architecting the appropriate server topology to support new initiatives.
I am married, and my wife and I are expecting our first child in April 2008. Outside of work, I enjoy mountain biking and recreational league hockey. I’m also a huge Red Wings fan!
Scripting Tips
| • | Use CScript instead of WScript to run your scripts. If you’re placing output inside of a loop while testing, you will thank yourself when you don’t have to continually click the OK button for each iteration of the loop. |
| • | If you find yourself tempted to use an HTA for graphical scripting tasks, at least consider .NET (it’s actually no harder and in some cases it’s actually MUCH easier). I know that, technically, it’s not “scripting;” after all, you do compile the code. However, for me it was much easier. With Microsoft making the Express Editions free, the major limiting factor to using compilers (cost) is now gone. Sure, you don’t have all of the options found in the full editions, but for lightweight system administration do you really need them? In many cases just copying and pasting VBScript code into VB.Net will compile and run with few (if any) changes. |
| • | If you get stuck, search around on the Internet for something similar. If you’re still stuck, then ask questions on sites like: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx & http://www.scriptinganswers.com/. You’ll find that the scripting community is extremely helpful in assisting with your questions. |
