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We’re pleased to announce the winners for Event 3 of The Scripting Games 2013! Winners: You can log into The Scripting Games Web site and go to your Profile page to see your prize. You will be given a prize redemption code and either a URL where you can redeem it, or an e-mail address of the …
I didn’t see anyone (although I’ll admit I haven’t checked every entry) using my EnhancedHTML module from Creating HTML Reports in PowerShell. I am ensaddened. But man, Event 3 shows that you can really do well by learning a wee bit of HTML. Knowing an H2 and HR tag makes for much …
It’s been a crazy-busy week for me, so I’m just getting caught up here. I’m off observing the beta-teach of the new 10961A PowerShell 3 class in Phoenix next week, but I’ll be keeping an eye on the Games. So let’s run some numbers. The Games have 2092 users at present, …
I have been working for AtoS, formaly Siemens IT Solutions and Services, for 6 years as a IT Consultant. I was 15 when I started scripting. First only batch scripts to automate simple things. With time the scriptt grew in complexity and languages. VBS, AutoIt, AHK and finally PowerShell, which …
I’m almost done judging event 3, perfect time to share few thoughts about things I’ve seen in this event. A lot of great entries, but still few things that could have been done (in my opinion) better. If you want to know my general opinion - you can read it either in English or in …
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Another judge steps up with some tips! http://blog.powershell.no/2013/05/16/2013-scripting-games-learning-points-from-event-3/
I’ve been making some more programming changes to the Scripting Games, based on folks’ feedback. If you run into problems, please notify me via the Feedback Forums link at the bottom of every page on the site. Use the email address provided. Don’t post a comment here, because I …
Tobias has some notes for Event 3 for you: http://www.powertheshell.com/scripting-games-task-3-commentary/
This event’s entries are impressive. Scoring appears to be higher than in the earlier events, so this one must have been easier to solve. So this time, instead of talking about good and bad scripts, I’m going to comment on some of the techniques I saw. There was some …
