I do not see a database as necessary. At this point most of the idea is conceptual. Just looking to gain some direction. I am already familiar with Python and that was what I was thinking from the start, I just wasn't certain it would fully handle it. I know there's a module for python to access SSH but I haven't played with it.

The only argument I might see for a database is the massive amount of data that would need to be stored and referenced. The second part of this project may come into documenting changes automatically, but that's an entirely different project at this point.

I'm looking to script changing a port's vlan on a managed switch through SSH. We have over 500 switches and these VLANs change. A lot. Basically I'm expecting to have to put together tables of these switches, what brand they are, what VLANs they use, and what to do. What scripting language would you guys recommend? I need something that can read information from external tables and run some commands through SSH, put simply.

We use Juniper, Cisco, and Alcatel switches. I'm getting pretty decent and warming up to the Juniper switches. We are an ISP.

@scottalanmiller said:

@FiyaFly said:

@art_of_shred said:

@FiyaFly He lives! Where have you been, dude?

Head buried in the sand, as always. The only difference here is that my head isn't buried in NTG lol. I have a lot on my plate, in all aspects. 'Personal Time' seems to take a backburner for months in a row.

EDIT: ML, SW, FB, all classify under Personal Time lol

But not, apparently, Terraria.

I've owned it for years. Actually haven't played more than two hours in six months. Had to show my nephew the game. lol

@art_of_shred said:

@FiyaFly He lives! Where have you been, dude?

Head buried in the sand, as always. The only difference here is that my head isn't buried in NTG lol. I have a lot on my plate, in all aspects. 'Personal Time' seems to take a backburner for months in a row.

EDIT: ML, SW, FB, all classify under Personal Time lol

@Nic said:

@FiyaFly said:

I've logged over 550 hours on Terraria.

That's not shameful - that's actually a good game!

Fully agreed- great game. But I have logged near a month of my life into it. it's about the only game nowadays I can kill hours on.

I've logged over 550 hours on Terraria.

I have Centurylink at home. I can do a quick check from there when I get home. Maybe unrelated, but I was having some severe issues with DNS a couple weeks back at home.

I'll post more info on my findings tonight.

@FiyaFly said:

I'm expecting to be able to make it. Gotta wait until I get vacation time in January to really be able to plan my year out lol

@scottalanmiller said:

Do, or do not. There is no try.

I guess it's a good thing I didn't say try then, eh?

@gjacobse Well, look at that. I guess it's decided

@scottalanmiller Not at all. I think 6 hours or so?

I'm expecting to be able to make it. Gotta wait until I get vacation time in January to really be able to plan my year out lol

Right now the reason I am learning both Javascript and C# is because a friend of mine is a graphic artist, frequenting the Unity Community. He mentioned that there is a lot of calls for contract work for programming in Unity, using either Javascript or C#. Since I figured that's a good start point, and both of these languages have more uses than just Unity, I figured they would be my next targets.

@scottalanmiller Good point. I do feel the need to point out with that information that I am versed in both VB and VBA, but moreso in VBA.

@JaredBusch Very cool. Sounds like I have my research and digging for the night.

@JaredBusch said:

@scottalanmiller said:

VB is useless, unfortunately. It's a long dead language only used for supporting legacy code and as it was always the red headed stepchild language it isn't just legacy code but only legacy code from low end, bad shops. So it ends up being the worst of the worst code.

In your world/head, as always.
I would agree with Scott to avoid learning it for future skills though.

No argument there as far as future skills. It has it's uses exactly where i've used it, but not much more. Though I gotta say, I have made some beautiful code in there. Commented to perfection and all.

@JaredBusch Sounds like a plan. For me it is the understanding hwo to start on something like that that is unknown. But it sounds like something to find out about.

@scottalanmiller said:

Python is a good language to know, very general purpose and used heavily. VB is useless, unfortunately. It's a long dead language only used for supporting legacy code and as it was always the red headed stepchild language it isn't just legacy code but only legacy code from low end, bad shops. So it ends up being the worst of the worst code.

Mainly the reason I got good at VB, and more specifically VBA, is due to Excel. The first job I worked in IT we were the dev team and had to work with what we had, which was Excel. Built a small ERP system in Excel once with VBA. I can macro in Excel in my sleep now.

I'm not entirely sure what kind of programming I'd like to end up in. I know Python, Visual Basic, SQL, HTML, and am learning Javascript and C#. I know, SQL and HTML are on the line of worth mentioning, but I figured I'd throw them in.

I am looking to jump into Software Development, Web Dev, essentially anything that requires writing code. I've got a decent amount of languages under my belt already and have done a couple projects before now, but not too much as far as applicable experience to put on a resume. Do you guys have any tips for me for a good way to get into this? One of the big roadblocks I run into is that once I start learning a language, I have no direct application for it to be able to sustain what I learn.

Just picking the brain of the community.

Ooh. I call the drobo and the Sunfire V100