Don Jones, Jeffery Hicks

Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Summary

Discover 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 Technology

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.

What's Inside

• Designing 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 Authors

Don 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 Contents

PART 1 - INTRODUCTION TO SCRIPTING

1. Before you begin
2. Setting up your scripting environment
3. WWPD: what would PowerShell do?
4. Review: parameter binding and the PowerShell pipeline
5. Scripting language crash course
6. The many forms of scripting (and which to use)
7. Scripts and security

PART 2 - BUILDING A POWERSHELL SCRIPT

8. Always design first
9. Avoiding bugs: start with a command
10. Building a basic function and script module
11. Going advanced with your function
12. Objects: the best kind of output
13. Using all the pipelines
14. Simple help: making a comment
15. Dealing with errors
16. Filling out a manifest

PART 3 - GROWN-UP SCRIPTING

17. Changing your brain when it comes to scripting
18. Professional-grade scripting
19. An introduction to source control with git
20. Pestering your script
21. Signing your script
22. Publishing your script

PART 4 - ADVANCED TECHNIQUES

23. Squashing bugs
24. Making script output prettier
25. Wrapping up the .NET Framework
26. Storing data-not in Excel!
27. Never the end

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781638351559
• Artikelnr.: 62084470