Posts Tagged ‘31 Days’
PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 29 of 31: Demystifying MSDN and PowerShell static syntax
Posted by: sarah on: May 30, 2011
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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 to use MSDN and understand terminology such as static, override, [...]
PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 28 of 31: What is the .NET Framework?
Posted by: sarah on: May 28, 2011
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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 that, especially when talking with IT pros. Being a developer and working with [...]
PowerShell The Community’s Command Line Part 27 of 31: It Takes a Community to Raise a Language
Posted by: sarah on: May 27, 2011
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 community resources and sites. Today, I want to salute those who [...]
PowerShell My Father’s Command Line Part 26 of 31: Start Spreading the News…
Posted by: sarah on: May 26, 2011
- In: Community | MVP | PowerShell
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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 inclined, he taught me the value of networking and establishing relationships. He [...]
PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 22 of 31: Good PowerShell Things Come in Nifty Packages
Posted by: sarah on: May 22, 2011
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 modules. Snap-ins Snap-ins were available in PowerShell 1.0 and are still supported in PowerShell 2.0. In order for [...]
PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 15 of 31: ISE, ISE Baby…
Posted by: sarah on: May 15, 2011
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 v2.0. In this post, we will look at some of my favorite features. Panes As one who [...]
PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 14 of 31: Sorry I’m Not Home Right Now, Walking into IIS Webs…
Posted by: sarah on: May 14, 2011
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 PowerShell providers, check out Matt’s post on PowerShell providers. If you’re dealing [...]
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 13 of 31: The Provider Active Directory Style
Posted by: sarah on: May 13, 2011
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 talk about the Active Directory provider today, and I’m going to [...]
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 12 of 31: PowerShell and The Registry
Posted by: sarah on: May 12, 2011
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 and HKEY_CURRENT_USER while working with this provider. You can refer to them by HKLM [...]
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 11 of 31: PowerShell Providers and You!
Posted by: sarah on: May 11, 2011
Today, Matt is going to tell you about the awesomeness known as PowerShell providers. I have to admit that providers really are helpful. Sure, there are the PowerShell-specific providers - Alias, Function, and Variable. These can tap into the PowerShell system and help you determine what aliases, functions, and variables already exist. But then there [...]
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