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Windows PowerShell for .NET Developers - Second Edition

Windows PowerShell for .NET Developers - Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Chendrayan Venkatesan, Talaat
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Windows PowerShell for .NET Developers - Second Edition

Windows PowerShell for .NET Developers - Second Edition

By: Chendrayan Venkatesan, Talaat
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Overview of this book

Windows PowerShell 5.0 for .NET Developers is your self-start guide to performing automation using Windows PowerShell. This book will help you to understand the PowerShell syntax and grammar and will also teach you techniques to remove the rough edges of manual deployments. Packed with PowerShell scripts and sample C# codes to automate tasks, it also includes real-world scenarios such as administrating office servers to help you save time and perform deployments swiftly and efficiently. The book begins with the Windows PowerShell basics, explores the significant features of Windows Management Framework 5.0, covers the basic concepts of Desired State Configuration and the importance of idempotent deployments. By the end of the book, you will have a good understanding of Windows PowerShell’s features and will be able to automate your tasks and manage configuration effectively.
Table of Contents (7 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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1. Getting Started with Windows PowerShell
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1. Getting Started with Windows PowerShell
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Scripting the cmdlet style
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Introducing Windows PowerShell
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Using an interactive shell
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2. Unleashing Development Skills Using Windows PowerShell 5.0
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2. Unleashing Development Skills Using Windows PowerShell 5.0
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Basics of WMI and CIM
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Working with XML and COM
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Exploring .NET objects
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Exploring Windows PowerShell 5.0
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Understanding PowerShell modules
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Script debugging
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3. Exploring Desired State Configuration
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3. Exploring Desired State Configuration
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Prerequisites
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Installing the WMF 5.0 April 2015 preview
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Imperative versus declarative programming
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Getting started with DSC
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Exploring Windows Remote Management and CIM
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Creating configuration scripts
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Types of deployment modes
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4. PowerShell and Web Technologies
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4. PowerShell and Web Technologies
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PowerShell Web Access
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Management OData IIS Extensions
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Exploring web requests
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Exploring web services
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Exploring the REST API
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Exploring JSON
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5. Exploring Application Programming Interface
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5. Exploring Application Programming Interface
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Exploring API using PowerShell
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The Lync 2013 client-side API
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Client-side object model – SharePoint Online
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Exploring API using PowerShell

We considered a basic example of using the Windows API. There are different ways to use APIs in PowerShell based on the requirements. Windows PowerShell has the feature of interacting with .NET DLL files as well. Let's consider that you have a code that simply performs addition operations that we can load in PowerShell and then explores the methods. But why are we discussing DLL now? Here is a comparison of API and DLL:

API

DLL

Abstract

Concrete

In this, the interface is implemented by the software program

This is a method of providing APIs

An API is an interface to the library of code

DLL is nothing but a library of code

In short, DLL is a file format and a way to use API.

Let's take a look at a demo where we will use a custom DLL file in Windows PowerShell. For this, we will choose a class library in Visual C# and build a code that will simply add two given integers.

The C# code is as follows:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic...
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