Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition

Automate complex tasks and processes with PowerShell scripts. This amazing book teaches you how to write, test, and organize high-quality, reusable scripts for Windows, Linux, and cloud-based systems.

In Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition you’ll learn:

• Setting up a reliable scripting environment
• Designing functions and scripts
• Effective pipeline usage
• Scripting and security
• Dealing with errors and bugs
• Source control with git
• Sharing and publishing scripts
• Professional-grade scripting practices

Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition takes you beyond command-line PowerShell and opens up the amazing world of scripting and automation. In just 27 bite-sized lessons, you’ll learn to write scripts that can eliminate repetitive manual tasks, create custom reusable tools, and build effective pipelines and workflows. This revised second edition is fully updated to PowerShell’s latest version, including hands-on examples that perfectly demonstrate modern PowerShell’s cross-platform applications.

About the technology

Microsoft's PowerShell language lets you write scripts to control nearly every aspect of Windows. Just master a few straightforward scripting skills, and you'll save yourself from hours of tedious tasks. The lunch hours you spend learning PowerShell scripting will quickly pay you back with days of saved time!

About the book

Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches teaches you to create effective automation scripts and tools with PowerShell. Its 27 bite-size lessons cover instantly useful techniques for writing efficient code, finding and squashing bugs, organizing your scripts into libraries, and much more. This revised second edition of the bestselling original has been fully upgraded to the latest version of PowerShell. It’s full of exciting new examples that go beyond Windows scripting and show you how you can use PowerShell to automate Linux, and macOS environments.

About the reader

For help desk technicians, DevOps engineers, and other IT Pros interested in scripting. Basic knowledge of PowerShell required. This book is the perfect follow-on guide to Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Fourth Edition.

About the author

James Petty is CEO of PowerShell.org and The DevOps Collective, and a Microsoft MVP. Don Jones is a PowerShell MVP, speaker, and trainer who has written dozens of books on information technology topics. Jeffery Hicks is a PowerShell MVP and an independent consultant, trainer, and author.