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PowerShell for Programmers: Basic Syntax – Variables, Objects, and Data Types

January 18, 2018 Jan 18, 2018 01/18/18

Kory Thacher

Variables Variables in PowerShell are going to be a bit different than they are for you in most languages. To start out the conversation, the basic way to create a variable is just by using a “$” and an “=”, but there are cmdlets and other ways to generate them.   ...

PowerShell for Programmers: A Quick Start Guide

January 4, 2018 Jan 4, 2018 01/4/18

Kory Thacher

Now that my content has been migrated to the scripting blog, this will be the landing page for the series and I'll be trying to update all the links.  Learning PowerShell can be very useful for people with programming experience. Whether you’re currently a developer, dev-ops, or an admin you can get some serious use out of being familiar...

PowerShell For Programmers: Basic Syntax — CMDLETs

January 4, 2018 Jan 4, 2018 01/4/18

Kory Thacher

PowerShell might look really strange to you. Many people assume PowerShell is basically CMD-prompt 2.0 because of the way it looks, but it really is a fully operational scripting language underneath. PowerShell has something called a cmdlet (command-let), which for the most part is the same idea as functions you're used to from other ...