title: Python, PowerShell, or Other?
body: <p>What are the advantages of Python, PowerShell, and other scripting environments?  We would like to standardize our scripting and are currently using bat and cmd files as the standard.  I think Python would be a better option than these, but am also researching PowerShell and other scripting tools.</p>
  
  <p>The scripts would be used to trigger processes such as wget etc to call web services, or other applications/tools that need to run in a specific order with specific parameters.</p>
  
  <p>We primarily work with the Windows stack, but there is a good chance we will need to support Unix in the future.</p>