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PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 29 of 31: Demystifying MSDN and PowerShell static syntax

Originally, this post was going to be about GUIs, but after waking up this morning and seeing a comment on Part 28, I figured that I’d address that comment in this post. Paul Bendall writes: But how does an ITPro without a developer background start...

Published Mon, May 30 2011 1:25 PM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: PowerShell, 31 Days

PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 13 of 31: The Provider Active Directory Style

Matt and I really are huge fans of PowerShell providers. After talking about them in general and focusing on the registry provider, you think that we’d stop. But no… there are two more days of this talk of providers – Matt is going to...

Published Fri, May 13 2011 9:00 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: PowerShell, 31 Days, providers, Active Directory

PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 28 of 31: What is the .NET Framework?

While talking with Hal and Jonathan on the PowerScripting podcast, I was asked the question “What is .NET?” Of course, I mentioned that it’s a framework, but then I choked… the .NET Framework is a huge thing to try to tackle like...

Published Sat, May 28 2011 8:47 PM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: PowerShell, 31 Days, .NET Framework

PowerShell My Father’s Command Line Part 26 of 31: Start Spreading the News…

I’m watching this week’s episode of Glee again while writing this post, and the “I Love New York/New York, New York” mashup really inspired this title. I have to give a shoutout to my dad in the title, as while he isn’t technologically...

Published Thu, May 26 2011 5:00 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: PowerShell, Community, 31 Days, MVP, scripting, Idera, Compellent

Why Microsoft? Innovation! – The #WhyMsft RT Contest

On Monday, Why Microsoft ran a retweet contest on Twitter: .bbpBox72693705315848192 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/203519531/WhyMSFT-Twitter_Backgro_342.jpg) #fcfcfc;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px...

Published Thu, May 26 2011 7:20 PM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: products, lync, SUX, Electronics, whymicrosoft, innovation

Scripting – It’s Not Just for Developers!

Recently, Matt sent me this article on IT Pros are not feeling the love from Microsoft and asked for my feedback. Now I need to qualify this for those who don’t know me that (1) I used to work in IT doing system and database administration and desktop...

Published Mon, May 23 2011 8:00 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: PowerShell, automation, scripting, IT Pros

PowerShell The Community’s Command Line Part 27 of 31: It Takes a Community to Raise a Language

Much like the saying It takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to raise a programming language. Without passionate people in that community, the word won’t spread and a language can die. Yesterday, I talked about some of the cool...

Published Fri, May 27 2011 5:00 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: PowerShell, Community, 31 Days, providers, StudioShell, visual studio

Overspecialize, Generalize, or Find that Happy Middle…

I’ve been dealing with this dilemma for the past couple years. While I’ve had a Microsoft MVP award for Visual C# these past couple years, I’ve wondered if I’ve gone too generalized to have it renewed this year. We’ll find...

Published Mon, May 16 2011 6:00 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Visual C#, MVP, Careers, Diversity

PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 22 of 31: Good PowerShell Things Come in Nifty Packages

Have you found yourself writing PowerShell objects that you’d love to share with others? What’s the best way to get these things distributable? Well… with PowerShell 2.0, you have two different types of packaging – snap-ins and...

Published Sun, May 22 2011 8:00 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: PowerShell, module, 31 Days, snap-in

Published… For Real…

For those of you wondering why I’ve been talking PowerShell so much lately, it’s because Matt Hester (IT Pro evangelist at Microsoft and all-around awesome guy) and I co-wrote a book on PowerShell. When we first started writing this book,...

Published Thu, May 19 2011 6:56 PM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: PowerShell

PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 15 of 31: ISE, ISE Baby…

Here’s hoping the PowerShell community doesn’t block me from their websites for my awful taste of music. Today’s topic is the ISE, the Integrated Scripting Environment. This PowerShell host application, written in WPF, is new as of PowerShell...

Published Sun, May 15 2011 8:00 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: PowerShell, 31 Days, ISE

PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 14 of 31: Sorry I’m Not Home Right Now, Walking into IIS Webs…

Sorry I’m not home right now Walking into IIS Webs Just leave a message and I’ll call you back – No Doubt, if they were techies So today we’re going to look into the IIS provider in PowerShell. If you aren’t familiar with...

Published Sat, May 14 2011 8:54 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: PowerShell

PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 12 of 31: PowerShell and The Registry

Yesterday, Matt and I talked about providers, and I mentioned that I wasn’t going to go on talking about the registry provider, as that’s what Matt is talking about today! What’s nice is that you don’t have to type out HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 9:00 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: PowerShell, 31 Days, registry, providers

This one time, at Pittsburgh Code Camp…

This past weekend, I had the privilege to speak at Pittsburgh Code Camp 2011.1 at Robert Morris University in Moon Township, PA. The talk I was scheduled to give was “Three’s Company – Writing for the Desktop, the Browser, and the Phone”...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 9:30 PM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: Events, Pittsburgh, Uncategorized, Code Camp, Presentations, Community

Get-ChooChoo -Type Chattanooga

I’ve recently found out that I’ve been selected to speak at devLink 2011. This is my 3rd year in a row speaking at devLink, and I’m incredibly honored to have been selected. This year, I have 2 talks, and they are both on PowerShell...

Published Tue, May 03 2011 6:00 AM by Coding Geekette

Filed under: PowerShell, module, devlink, cmdlet, Events, Develop IT, custom

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