Learn PowerShell Scripting In A Month Of Lunches Free 15

Automate it! With Microsoft's PowerShell language, you can write scripts to control nearly every aspect of Windows. Just master a few straightforward scripting skills, and you'll be able to eliminate repetitive manual tasks, create custom reusable tools, and build effective pipelines and workflows. Once you start scripting in PowerShell, you'll be amazed at how many opportunities you'll find to save time and effort. about the book Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches teaches you how to expand your command-line PowerShell skills into effective scripts and tools. In 27 bite-size lessons, you'll discover instantly useful techniques for writing efficient code, finding and squashing bugs, organizing your scripts into libraries, and much more. Advanced scripters will even learn to access the .NET Framework, store data long term, and create nice user interfaces.

Learn PowerShell Scripting In A Month Of Lunches Free 15

Packed with hands-on labs to reinforce what you're learning, Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches is the best way to learn PowerShell scripting and toolmaking. Just set aside one hour a day - lunchtime would be perfect - for each self-contained lesson. You'll move quickly through core scripting concepts and start wo...

This book is a tutorial designed for busy administrators. Just set aside one hour a day for a month and you'll learn all the practical techniques you need to make your job easier and your day shorter. This totally revised book covers new PowerShell features that run on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and later. This edition is appropriate for PowerShell version 3 and later.

• SummaryDiscover how scripting is different from command-line PowerShell, as you explore concrete hands-on examples in this handy guide. The book includes and expands on many of the techniques presented in Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the TechnologyAutomate it! With Microsoft's PowerShell language, you can write scripts to control nearly every aspect of Windows. Just master a few straightforward scripting skills, and you'll be able to eliminate repetitive manual tasks, create custom reusable tools, and build effective pipelines and workflows. Once you start scripting in PowerShell, you'll be amazed at how many opportunities you'll find to save time and effort. About the BookLearn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches teaches you how to expand your command-line PowerShell skills into effective scripts and tools. In 27 bite-size lessons, you'll discover instantly useful techniques for writing efficient code, finding and squashing bugs, organizing your scripts into libraries, and much more. Advanced scripters will even learn to access the .NET Framework, store data long term, and create nice user interfaces.What's InsideDesigning functions and scripts

• Effective pipeline usage

• Dealing with errors and bugs

• Professional-grade scripting practices

• About the Reader Written for devs and IT pros comfortable with PowerShell and Windows. About the AuthorsDon Jones is a PowerShell MVP, speaker, and trainer who has written dozens of books on information technology topics. Jeffery Hicks is a PowerShell MVP and an independent consultant, trainer, and author. Don and Jeff coauthored Manning's Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches, and PowerShell in Depth. Table of ContentsPART 1 - INTRODUCTION TO SCRIPTING Before you begin

• Setting up your scripting environment

• WWPD: what would PowerShell do?

• Review: parameter binding and the PowerShell pipeline

• Scripting language crash course

• The many forms of scripting (and which to use)

• Scripts and security

• PART 2 - BUILDING A POWERSHELL SCRIPTAlways design first

• Avoiding bugs: start with a command

• Building a basic function and script module

• Going advanced with your function

• Objects: the best kind of output

• Using all the pipelines

• Simple help: making a comment

• Dealing with errors

• Filling out a manifest

• PART 3 - GROWN-UP SCRIPTING Changing your brain when it comes to scripting

• Professional-grade scripting

• An introduction to source control with git

• Pestering your script

• Signing your script

• Publishing your script

• PART 4 - ADVANCED TECHNIQUES Squashing bugs

• Making script output prettier

• Wrapping up the .NET Framework

• Storing data-not in Excel!

• Never the end