24th August 2007, 10:55 am
PowerShell book review:
Microsoft Windows PowerShell Programming - for the absolute beginner by Jerry Lee Ford, JR. There are a number of you whom are just starting-out learning PowerShell, first-off congratulations on that! What Jerry has cleverly done is to write a PowerShell book that makes the process of learning PowerShell fun!
Some tech books and manuals literally bore you to tears, not this one. Jerry teaches PowerShell through the technique of building computer games. If terms like; objects, variables, arrays, hashes, conditional logic, loops, functions, and debugging are foreign to you, you will want to crack open the pages of this PowerShell book. Personally, I learn more by doing not just reading. The examples in this book quickly and easily assist in the understanding of PowerShell terms and concepts.
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23rd August 2007, 05:53 pm
Powershell book review:
Windows PowerShell in Action by Bruce Payette. This was the first PowerShell book I purchased, it might have been my last… It is really that good! The amount of information Bruce shares, categorizes this book as a "permanent reference" in any systems administrator or developers tool bag. Windows PowerShell in Action has set the standard in which all PowerShell books will be judged.
For those who don't know, Bruce Payette is one of the lead designers of the PowerShell language. Which was the deciding factor for the reason I purchased this PowerShell book. While reading his book, you really get a sense of his passion for the design and usability of PowerShell. Bruce covers a lot of information in detail, but as he quotes the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy- "Don't Panic." This information has been well constructed, well thought-out, and presented into two segments: Part 1. Learning PowerShell and Part 2. Using PowerShell. I almost forgot… of course there are admin examples in the appendix section. Here is a list of topics Bruce covers:
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21st August 2007, 10:31 am
Continuing with my series of PowerShell tutorials thought-out for beginners, I launched a tutorial on PowerShell Aliases. Why PowerShell Aliases? Just wanted to supply a little more content than what was presented in the PowerShell Users Guide. Topics include:
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15th August 2007, 10:27 am
PowerShell Pro launches PowerShell tutorials.
Formal Training is just too expensive and out of reach for many. I could attend a semester of college with the prices I've seen. If you have the luxury of working for a large company with a training budget, you are one of the lucky ones… What do you do if you can not meet the cost of training?
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7th August 2007, 03:19 pm
Kudos to the Microsoft Scripting Guys for editing the PowerShell help file and wrapping it into a graphical format. Here is what is contained in the file:
- Windows PowerShell cmdlet help.
- Windows PowerShell "About" files.
- The Script Center's VBScript to Windows PowerShell conversion guide (my favorite).
Below is a link provided to download the tool. This is a "Must" download; highly recommended.
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