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New-Workflow –MakeItEasy: Authoring Workflows using PowerShell Extended Syntax

July 21, 2012 Jul 21, 2012 07/21/12
PowerShell Team
Some time back, in his blog post, Jeffrey Snover introduced one of the new Windows PowerShell 3.0 feature – Windows PowerShell Workflow. In that post, you saw a glimpse of how to author workflows using PowerShell syntax. This post dives into more details of authoring workflows using PowerShell syntax and various extensions to it. Why we ...

New V3 Language Features

June 13, 2012 Jun 13, 2012 06/13/12
PowerShell Team
We’ve already discussed the biggest new PowerShell language feature – workflows – in a previous post.  In this post, I’m going to describe a number of small changes we’ve made to the language.  Most of the changes described here don’t introduce any new syntax, but I think you’ll agree that ...

Many² ways you can set a variable value

April 2, 2009 Apr 2, 2009 04/2/09
PowerShell Team
There are many ways to set a variable's value. I just learnt one more yesterday. If you have others, please add comments # Simple# $ gets the variable, and = will assign it$a = 1 # With Variable Scope# The prepend is the scope, and could be global, script, and others# Useful when you want to keep things in script scope, or share them out in ...

Using a DSL to generate XML in PowerShell

June 17, 2007 Jun 17, 2007 06/17/07
Steve Lee
A while back, Jeffrey posted an article on how to use string expansion and XML casts to build XML documents in-line in a PowerShell script: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2007/05/29/using-powershell-to-generate-xml-documents.aspx The overall feel of the approach that Jeffrey described is very much like that of ASP, JSP, PHP on any ...

Windows PowerShell in Action

October 11, 2006 Oct 11, 2006 10/11/06
PowerShell Team
Well folks, at long last, my book is almost done :-) Before it goes out for print, you can get electronic copies through Manning's early access program: http://www.manning.com/payette/  The early access program is a chance for readers to provide feedback on a book so the author can fix things.  As Jeffrey says - enjoy! -bruce...

Joel-On-Software on the power of a good language

August 2, 2006 Aug 2, 2006 08/2/06
PowerShell Team
Joel Spolsky of Joel-On-Software fame, just posted a blog, "Can Your Programming Language Do This?" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/08/01.html In this article, he drives home the point that when it comes to code: Maintainability, Readability, Abstraction == Good!  He then points out how languages can help or hinder this and goes ...

Issues with Windows PowerShell syntax

July 23, 2006 Jul 23, 2006 07/23/06
PowerShell Team
REI recently posted some comments/requests about Windows PowerShell syntax at: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2006/04/25/583273.aspx#675133 Let's go through a few of the points. ...the syntax was just way too cryptic and unintuitive. Often it's even dangerous. Like this: #PowerShell's syntax causes dangerous problems generating ...

Indirectly Invoking Methods Via Variablenames

July 12, 2006 Jul 12, 2006 07/12/06
PowerShell Team
PSMDTAG:FAQ: Can I specify a methodname using a variable? e.g. $x.$y() PSMDTAG:FAQ: Why do I get METHOD metadata when I specify a method without providing parentheses? One of the great things about Windows PowerShell is that it is a latebound language which allows you to do all sorts of incredibly powerful operations.  Consider the ...

Type Shortcuts

July 12, 2006 Jul 12, 2006 07/12/06
PowerShell Team
PSMDTAG:FAQ: What is a TYPE SHORTCUT?PSMDTAG:FAQ: What are the TYPE SHORTCUTS?   Type shortcuts are a Windows PowerShell feature that allows you to reduce the amount of typing you have to do when specifying a type.    For example, the following 2 statements produce the same result: [System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]"^c.*" [...