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Is This an ADVANCED PowerShell Book You'd Read?
As you know, I started my most recent PowerShell book by asking y'all to comment on a table of contents. Your comments were heeded and did affect the final version - which is now on sale . I'm going to try and press forward with a more advanced book - one that focuses folks who are comfortable with scripting and programming, and what to take PowerShell as far as they can. I'm going to set a "stopping point" at Visual Studio, meaning this book won't get into cmdlet and provider programming. Those are valuable topics, they're just not my target for this particular book.
Don Jones
January 22, 2011
2 Min Read
As you know, I started my most recent PowerShell book by asking y'all to comment on a table of contents. Your comments were heeded and did affect the final version -which is now on sale.
I'm going to try and press forward with a more advanced book - one that focuses folks who are comfortable with scripting and programming, and what to take PowerShell as far as they can. I'm going to set a "stopping point" at Visual Studio, meaning this book won't get into cmdlet and provider programming. Those are valuable topics, they're just not my target for this particular book.
That said, what do you think of the following chapters for the book?
Using PowerShell to Manipulate the Registry
Creating Functions and Filtering Functions
Working with XML Data
Controlling Output: Building Custom Formatting Views
The Extensible Type System: Building Custom Type Extensions
Working With Databases
Building Reusable Tools: Advanced Functions (or “Script Cmdlets”)
Registering for and Responding to WMI Events
Working with Object Events
Working with .NET Classes and Objects
Using the Data Language and Internationalization
Mastering Scripting Patterns and Practices
Working with the Web (retrieving information)
Using COM Objects (Manipulating Excel spreadsheets)
Making a GUI with Windows Forms
Making a GUI with Windows Presentation Foundation
Performing Transactional Operations
Packaging and Distributing Scripts (including login scripts)
Creating Manifest Modules and Script Modules
Using Regular Expressions to Validate Input and Parse Text
Adding Help to your Functions and Modules
Configuring WinRM / WSMAN
What's missing? What would you like to see added, removed, or changed? Drop a comment below. Or, since I know that system sometimes is a bit cranky, you can also drop me a line directly - just email "powershell" at ConcentratedTech.com.
Each of these chapters would be in a format similar to my "Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches," which is to say each chapter will include hands-on exercises and take about an hour to go through. I'll do demo videos and companion content on MoreLunches.com, just as I'm doing for the "beginner" volume.
Your thoughts?
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