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  • Chris - Day 19

    0 0 1 375 2143 Concentrated Technology 17 5 2513 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Todays chapter is all about creating functions out of commands and scripts that you have created. Functions allow for easy sharing of the tools without all...

  • Chris - Day 20

    0 0 1 479 2733 Concentrated Technology 22 6 3206 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Up until now we havent really been scripting. Its basically been single or linked commands, and the most advanced things we covered is WMI, parameters, and...

  • Explaining Pipeline Parameter Binding - How's This?

    PowerShell's way of passing data from one command to another, via the pipeline, is one of its most poorly understood concepts, especially with newcomers. Yet mastering this concept is crucial to making the shell work for you. I continually struggle...

  • Zack - Day 21 (the beast of a lunch)

    0 0 1 421 2401 Concentrated Technology 20 5 2817 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Chapter 21 is a beast of a lunch, one that I had to read and read again then finally make sure I was sitting in front of my 2K8 VM and work along with the...

  • Julie - Day 20

    Chapter 20 covers programming. Don introduces us to 4 different constructs and suggests how to use them. This chapter flowed easily for me and the examples were great. Don made a good point to encourage NOT building elaborate scripts, but really looking...

  • WMI for Lunch

    In the current edition of L earn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, I don't spend a ton of time on WMI. I don't plan to in the v3 edition of the book, either - WMI is a big, complicated technology, and to do it justice requires a whole...

  • Zack - Day 22

    0 0 1 385 2199 Concentrated Technology 18 5 2579 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Trapping and handling errors, how I wish something should have trapped the poison that my toddler brought home from daycare. It has stricken me with burning...

  • Julie - Day 21

    Chapter 21 in Month of Lunches is about creating your own cmdlets and modules. As a brand new learner of PowerShell, I found this chapter very difficult and had to spend a lot of time trying to understand. There was couple of things that moved me forward...

  • Chris - Day 21

    0 0 1 661 3773 Concentrated Technology 31 8 4426 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Day 21 - Creating your Own "cmdlets" and modules I decided to try and get ahead and get through the last couple of chapters over the weekend since...

  • Chris - Day 22

    0 0 1 576 3289 Concentrated Technology 27 7 3858 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Day 22 - Trapping and Handling Errors I can lie. I skipped ahead in the book when I ran into a problem at work and went through this chapter once already...

  • Zack - Day 23

    0 0 1 451 2575 Concentrated Technology 21 6 3020 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE In my previous attempt s to muscle through PowerShell without guidance I always grinded my teeth every time I ran a command, I was actually hoping for no...

  • Chris - Day 23

    0 0 1 565 3225 Concentrated Technology 26 7 3783 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Todays Chapter covers the various techniques to debug your script. This has the potential to be the most immensely useful chapters in this book. Writing debugging...

  • 2012 Scripting Games Commentary

    As you may know, I've been asked to help judge the 2012 Scripting Games this year, so I thought I'd also offer some commentary on what I'm seeing in the Games. I'll try to offer daily commentary, but I've got a class next week in Phoenix...

  • Chris - Day 24

    0 0 1 483 2756 Concentrated Technology 22 6 3233 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Today's chapter is over customizing PowerShells shell, its profiles, the prompt, and operators for working with strings. This is basically a mashup of...

  • Zack - Day 24

    0 0 1 328 1872 Concentrated Technology 15 4 2196 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE So I have come to the last chapter in an Information Technology book that I have read cover to cover, just one more item to scratch off my bucket list. In...
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