Microsoft Windows PowerShell Programming for the Absolute Beginner

by Jerry Lee Ford Jr.

Learning doesn’t have to be boring. MICROSOFT WINDOWS POWERSHELL PROGRAMMING FOR THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNER, THIRD EDITION, keeps things fun and interesting by teaching you how to program through the development of computer games. In these pages, you’ll discover everything you need to know to begin developing your own scripts. You’ll develop a new game that reinforces a newly learned concept in each chapter. No prior experience or programming knowledge is required. Topics covered include the basic steps involved in interacting with the PowerShell command prompt and in creating and executing PowerShell scripts, object-based scripting and PowerShell’s relationship with the .NET Framework, the way to implement conditional logic and set up loops to automate repetitive tasks and process large collections of data, how to improve the overall organization of your PowerShell scripts using functions, and advanced topics such as tracking down and debugging errors and using PowerShell to interact with Windows Management Instrumentation. The third edition of this book is a PowerShell scripting primer for either PowerShell 3.0 or PowerShell 4.0. Regardless of which version of PowerShell you are working with, this unique book has you covered. After reading MICROSOFT WINDOWS POWERSHELL FOR THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNER, THIRD EDITION, not only will you have access to a collection of working sample scripts, you will have laid a foundation that allows you to move on and begin to tackle real-world challenges.

376 pages, Paperback

First published June 12, 2014

Reviews

[John Pyrce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reasonable overview of PowerShell programming. I missed a more formal definition of the elements of the language, things like quoting rules and syntax. It uses examples, but the text games are not very comparable to what you will typically be using PowerShell for.