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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

PowerShell's scripting language


In this part of the chapter, we will take a look at the language constructs of PowerShell, to control the flow of the scripts. We will make use of operators and conditions, but will also look at different types of loops. You have to learn these constructs wisely and be aware of all of these upcoming keywords. Everything in this topic comprises a basic tool set to create powerful and efficient scripts, which will save you a lot of time. This is why you are actually learning PowerShell.

Because PowerShell works with the underlying .NET Framework, you will recognize that it has nearly the same complete feature set as, for example, the .NET-based programming language C#. In fact, you can always make use of any features and possibilities in C# by invoking C# code. We will illustrate these kinds of features at the end of the book. Because of the importance of the upcoming language constructs, you should test them on your own. As we initially explained, you can work...