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Learn PowerShell Core 6.0

By : David das Neves, Jan-Hendrik Peters
Book Image

Learn PowerShell Core 6.0

By: David das Neves, Jan-Hendrik Peters

Overview of this book

Beginning with an overview of the different versions of PowerShell, Learn PowerShell Core 6.0 introduces you to VSCode and then dives into helping you understand the basic techniques in PowerShell scripting. You will cover advanced coding techniques, learn how to write reusable code as well as store and load data with PowerShell. This book will help you understand PowerShell security and Just Enough Administration, enabling you to create your own PowerShell repository. The last set of chapters will guide you in setting up, configuring, and working with Release Pipelines in VSCode and VSTS, and help you understand PowerShell DSC. In addition to this, you will learn how to use PowerShell with Windows, Azure, Microsoft Online Services, SCCM, and SQL Server. The final chapter will provide you with some use cases and pro tips. By the end of this book, you will be able to create professional reusable code using security insight and knowledge of working with PowerShell Core 6.0 and its most important capabilities.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Extensibility


VSCode can easily be extended with VSIC files—Visual Studio extension files. VSIX extensions already existed before VSCode and were used to extend Visual Studio.

Installing extensions can be done from within VSCode, if your system is connected to the internet, by selecting the desired extension from the gallery. See the following screenshot:

To install the extension on an offline system, download the VSIX file and simply execute code --install-extension 'PathToVsixFile'. This way, you can also distribute a set of extensions together with VSCode with your existing configuration management solution.

The PowerShell extension is the most important one for developing PowerShell code. With the PowerShell extension come the Plaster and PSScriptAnalyzermodules, to make your life easier. The extension also enables CodeLens features, such as improved handling of Git merge conflicts or seeing references to functions at a glance. Refer to the following screenshot:

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