I was asked if I could chime in to automate repetitive, inhumane, tasks in a HR process (a large number of people). It's mainly monitoring records matching a se

I was asked if I could chime in to automate repetitive, inhumane, tasks in a HR process (a large number of people). It's mainly monitoring records matching a set of sentinels and triggering stuff. I don't want to impose Python because the tools they're using offer scripting capabilities, so I'll just learn their stuff and point them towards scripting. Also working on a few projects and learning as I go (JavaScript, XMPP, Google App Engine..) and will buy a couple of things for a hydroponics experiment.