Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches (.EPUB)

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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.  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.

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.

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