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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

Chapter 5. Writing Reusable Code

In the previous chapter, we talked about more advanced coding techniques, such as accessing RESTful web services, and we saw how to efficiently work with loops and filtering methods, and how to subscribe to events in your scripts.

This chapter will show you how to create professional, reusable code with PowerShell. The implementation of code in modules will be explained in depth, capturing all of the important topics, such as standardization, commentary and help files, signing, the creation of efficient modules, version control, and PSScriptanalyzer, to ensure good code quality. These skills are prerequisites for writing production-ready scripts that can be used in an enterprise environment.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Best practice guidelines
  • Functions
  • Comments
  • Help files
  • Signing
  • Modules
  • Version control
  • PSScriptAnalyzer