The Viability of VBS

seems no one in /g/ is using it

>>60419114
Had to use it once at work, it's shit and basically dead

>>60419114
I prefer it over batch since you can do graphical windows with it, I think it has all the functionality of batch as well. I learned it and batch many years ago as my first languages since I didn't know any better, wish I hadn't wasted my time. It is basically dead, you're better off using autoit or python for whatever you need.

>>60419114
I use it for login scripts at work. It's a shit language and should only be used for extremely simple tasks

It's not a programming language, but I use it for the following:

A scheduled task that visits a a web page for maintainance
Some backup scripts, using a neat function that allows you to hide a Windows
But I wouldn't recommend it, better off using power shell scripts, more coherent and with better documentation

I only use it to automatically run a billion VBA scripts on a bunch excel templates that the accountants send us. Otherwise I don't see much use for it over other languages

>>60419114
More useful than Batch for sure. PowerShell is probably better.

I use it for:
ODBC calls (database calls)
WMI access (PC maintenance; Registry editing)
Decent logic handling (vs Batch)
Basic UI windows

>>60419114
>batch
>vbs
>programming language

ISHYGDDT

It's 2017 and this ancient bullshit has been replaced by powershell

>>60419114

had to use it years ago for work

for the love of god, use powershell if you can

BTW where to learn batch?
I need to
I'm tired of hacking stackoverflow examples all the time without understanding all the parameters and limitations

>>60419114
I remember kids making using vbs in high-school and distributing. People when someone wasn't watching would open the script and they'd do annoying shit like open a tonne of dialogue boxes.

>>60423555
Yeah, coursing via voice text-to-speech was cash

>>60421607
>what is MuhLegacy(tm)