As Microsoft continues to roll out new products (Windows 8, Microsoft Surface, and Windows 8 Phone), Microsoft Press is continuing their pattern of giving out free e-books. We've previously seen Introducing Server 2012 and Windows 8 Overview for IT Professionals. Today, Microsoft Press is giving away a free ebook titled Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and … [Read more...]
JetBrains PhpStorm, an IDE for PHP development
PhpStorm 5 is an integrated development environment that supports PHP and builds off of the HTML/CSS and JavaScript editing of JetBrains’ WebStorm IDE. PhpStorm 5 includes a number of features that aid development of PHP web applications. It includes an advanced PHP editor which provides code completion, detection of duplicate code, and PHP refactoring. The editor is also able … [Read more...]
What’s coming from Google Summer of Code 2012?
Google Summer of Code has been around since 2005. In the program, Google partners with open source software projects and technology-based groups to fund students interested in working on real world software development for three months. Students gain good experience and advising from mentors while the tech groups get specific projects developed while increasing the developer … [Read more...]
Scripting printer installation through a dynamic shutdown script
Many would think that using scripts to install printers might be a thing of the past thanks to Group Policy Preferences and other methods of deploying the beasts. However, the versatility of using a script and not having to establish a print server is still quite useful in many environments. Part of that project I mentioned previously had me querying printers throughout the … [Read more...]
The very basics of PowerShell
As I mentioned in the Group Policy Administrative Templates post a while back, I was recently looking to enable running PowerShell scripts. I had run into a task where a VBScript would not quite do the trick. With a little bit of research and cramming, I was able to write a quick PowerShell script that would do the task perfectly. In this article, I have jotted down the notes I … [Read more...]