Summary
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 working on four real-world, practical tools. Each chapter adds more functionality, including custom formatting, error handling, parameterized input, input validation, help files and documentation, and more.
About this Book
You don't have to be a software developer to build PowerShell tools. With this book, a PowerShell user is a step away from becoming a proficient toolmaker.Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches is the best way to learn PowerShell scripting and toolmaking in just one hour a day. It's packed with hands-on labs to reinforce what you're learning. It's an easy-to-follow guide that covers core scripting concepts using four practical examples. Each chapter builds on the previous one as you add custom formatting, error handling, input validation, helpfiles, and more.
Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.
What's Inside
- Build your own administrative tools
- Learn by doing with hands-on labs
- Make scripts that feel like native PowerShell cmdlets
This book does not assume you are a programmer. Experience using PowerShell as a command-line interface is helpful but not required.
About the Authors
Don Jones is a PowerShell MVP, speaker, and trainer. Jeffery Hicks is a PowerShell MVP and an independent consultant, trainer, and author. Don and Jeff coauthored Learn Windows PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition (Manning 2012) and PowerShell in Depth (Manning 2013).
Table of Contents
PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO TOOLMAKING- Before you begin
- PowerShell scripting overview
- PowerShell's scripting language
- Simple scripts and functions
- Scope
PART 2 BUILDING AN INVENTORY TOOL- Tool design guidelines
- Advanced functions, part 1
- Advanced functions, part 2
- Writing help
- Error handling
- Debugging techniques
- Creating custom format views
- Script and manifest modules
- Adding database access
- Interlude: creating a new tool 157
PART 3 ADVANCED TOOLMAKING TECHNIQUES- Making tools that make changes
- Creating a custom type extension
- Creating PowerShell workflows
- Troubleshooting pipeline input
- Using object hierarchies for complex output
- Globalizing a function
- Crossing the line: utilizing the .NET Framework
PART 4 CREATING TOOLS FOR DELEGATED ADMINISTRATION- Creating a GUI tool, part 1: the GUI
- Creating a GUI tool, part 2: the code
- Creating a GUI tool, part 3: the output
- Creating proxy functions
- Setting up constrained removing endpoints
- Never the end
About the Author: Don Jones is a PowerShell MVP, speaker, and trainer. He developed the Microsoft PowerShell courseware and has taught PowerShell to more than 20,000 IT pros. Don writes the PowerShell column for TechNet Magazine and blogs about PowerShell at PowerShell.com. Ask Don your PowerShell questions at http: //bit.ly/AskDon.
Jeffery Hicks is a PowerShell MVP with 20 years of IT experience. Jeff works as an independent consultant, trainer, and author and he has taught PowerShell to IT Professionals all over the world. He writes the popular Prof.PowerShell column for MCPMag.com and is a weekly contributor to the Petri IT Knowledgebase. Jeff blogs frequently on PowerShell related topics at http: //jdhitsolutions.com/blog.
