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Mastering PowerShell Scripting

You're reading from   Mastering PowerShell Scripting Automate repetitive tasks and simplify complex administrative tasks using PowerShell

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805120278
Length 826 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Chris Dent Chris Dent
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to PowerShell FREE CHAPTER 2. Modules 3. Variables, Arrays, and Hashtables 4. Working with Objects in PowerShell 5. Operators 6. Conditional Statements and Loops 7. Working with .NET 8. Files, Folders, and the Registry 9. Windows Management Instrumentation 10. Working with HTML, XML, and JSON 11. Web Requests and Web Services 12. Remoting and Remote Management 13. Asynchronous Processing 14. Graphical User Interfaces 15. Scripts, Functions, and Script Blocks 16. Parameters, Validation, and Dynamic Parameters 17. Classes and Enumerations 18. Testing 19. Error Handling 20. Debugging 21. Other Books You May Enjoy
22. Index

About style

Style in the context of a scripting language is all about aesthetics; it describes how variables are named, how code is indented, where opening and closing brackets are placed, and so on. Style is an easy thing to disagree with; the topic is full of opinions, many of which come down to what an individual feels is right.

PowerShell does not have an official style, nor does it have an official best practice.

PowerShell does have a set of guidelines for cmdlet development (commands typically written in a compiled language like C#): https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/scripting/developer/cmdlet/cmdlet-development-guidelines.

It has been left to the community of PowerShell users and developers to provide further guidance. The community-created PowerShell Practice and Style repository describes many of the most widely accepted conventions: https://github.com/poshcode/powershellpracticeandstyle.

Many of these conventions (for example, warnings about the use...

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