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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

Regions


Regions are used to structure your code and give parts of the code separated names. Regions are special comments in your scripts that can be used to give structure to your code:

Regions are always initiated with the #region keyword followed by the title. You can also use a multi-word title, and nest as many regions as you want. In Visual Studio Code, you will also be able to collapse complete regions, to get a better overview. Just move the mouse cursor onto the left side of the opened region, and it will show you all possible collapse options, as visible in the previous screenshot. You can also fold all of the sections very easily, by using the hotkeys Ctrl + K, Ctrl + 0; to unfold all sections, use Ctrl + K, Ctrl + J.