Powershell Tutorial Volume 1: 7 Practical Tutorials That Will Get You Scripting In No Time - Paperback

by Powershell (Illustrator), Victor Ashiedu (Author)

"PowerShell Tutorial Volume 1" teaches you Windows PowerShell - takes your PowerShell skills from zero to Pro level. Fully hands-on with step-by-step labs!

This volume has 7 tutorials. At the end of each tutorial, you would have learnt an essential PowerShell concept. Each Tutorial also contains a step by step lab so you can practice as you learn. Each PowerShell tutorial is independent but builds on the knowledge of the previous tutorial.

• POWERSHELL TUTORIAL 1: Introduction to PowerShell and Cmdlets:

Tutorial 1 Introduces PowerShell and PowerShell cmdlets. It then teaches you how to find cmdlets using the Get-Command cmdlet.Tutorial 1 also discusses cmdlet parameters and Aliases.

• POWERSHELL TUTORIAL 2: Getting help with the Get-Help cmdlet:

Tutorial 2 focuses on the Get-Help Command. It teaches you how to use the Get-Help command to get information about cmdlets. Tutorial 2 also covers how to understand cmdlet syntaxes from the results of the Get-Help command.

• POWERSHELL TUTORIAL 3: Variables and Pipelines:

Tutorial 3 introduces you to PowerShell variables, one of the most important concepts in PowerShell scripting. It covers different types of variables and how you can use them in scripting. Tutorial 3 also covers PowerShell Pipelines and how to use them.

• POWERSHELL TUTORIAL 4: Introduction to Scripts and Functions:

Tutorial 4 Introduces you to Scripts, Functions and Modules. It teaches you how to write Scripts, Functions and Modules. It also teaches you the difference between them. Tutorial 4 also covers PowerShell File Extensions; the default location for PowerShell modules and how you install PowerShell modules.

• POWERSHELL TUTORIAL 5: Commenting and Breaking scripts:

Tutorial 5 teaches you How to add Comments to your Script; it shows you how to break (stop executing) scripts using the 'Break' statement. Tutorial 5 also teaches you how and why you should use the 'Escape' (Backtick) Character in PowerShell scripting. It also shows you how to use this very important character in PowerShell scripting.

• POWERSHELL TUTORIAL 6: PowerShell Operators:

Tutorial 6 teaches you PowerShell Operators. Understanding PowerShell Operators is very important to your scripting career. Tutorial 6 teaches you about Comparison, Arithmetic, Logical, Split, Join, Redirection and Assignment Operators. Tutorial 6 also teaches you detailed application of the listed operators with examples.

• POWERSHELL TUTORIAL 7: Introduction to Object Properties:

Tutorial 7 (the last in Volume 1) introduces you to Object Properties, another very important concept! This tutorial teaches you how to access PowerShell object properties using variables. Tutorial 7 also teaches you about Objects 'MemberTypes' and their applications in scripting. Finally, Tutorial 7 explores the Get-Member Cmdlet in detail and shows you how to manipulate object properties using this powerful cmdlet.

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