PowerShell Online Video Training

Windows PowerShell Scripting and Tool Making

Instructor: Don Jones, Microsoft PowerShell MVP

PowerShell Scripting and Tool Making is an Interface Technical Training exclusive class designed to get Administrators to the next level of script writing and controlling their environments with PowerShell. In this 3-day lab-intensive course, you will go beyond simple Cmdlets and master the Shell’s ability to create custom tools that you and your organization will utilize to increase efficiency.

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Windows PowerShell Scripting and Tool Making

Module 1: Scripting Overview
Introduction
00:34
Understand and Use Scope
07:09
Use the If Construct to Make Decisions
04:37
Use the Do/While/Until Construct
to Repeat Commands
03:45
Use ForEach Construct to Enumerate Objects
02:31
Use the For Construct to Repeat Commands
02:26
Find Help for Other Scripting Constructs
01:06

Module 2: PowerShell Advanced Functions
Introduction
00:37
Specify a Function’s Capabilities
04:48
Specify Usage for a Function
02:34
Create the Function Skeleton
01:30
Declare Parameters in a Function
03:03
Test a Function’s Parameters
06:12
Write the Main Code for a Function
05:31
Add Verbose Output to a Function
02:27
Implement Logging in a Function
04:27
Test the Completed Function
04:28

Module 3: More Capabilities for Advanced Functions
Introduction
00:32
Add Debugging Features to a Function
03:18
Validate User Input to a Function
03:28
Add Support for –Confirm and –WhatIf
04:37

Module 4: Handle Errors
Introduction
00:34
Add Error Handling to a Function
09:42

Module 5: Debugging
Introduction
00:38
Deal with Typos and Syntax Errors
02:37
Deal with Mis-Constructed Constructs
02:26
Add Trace Code to Debug Logic Errors
10:01
Debug with PSBreakpoints
04:45

Module 6: Format Custom Views
Introduction
00:32
Use a Default View as a Starting Point
02:58
Add a Type Name to a Custom Output Object
02:27
Create and Use the XML View File
03:37

Module 7: Script and Manifest Modules
Introduction
00:32
Turn a Script into a Script Module
03:10
Create a Module Manifest for Multi-File Modules
04:38
Add a Module-Level Setting Variable
03:12

Module 8: Writing Help
Introduction
00:35
Create Comment-Based Help in a Module
02:56

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