Learn Powershell in 5 Painless Steps – Decisions (If/Else, Switch, Function) – Step 5

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:45:52 +0000

DevOps = Developers + Operations. What if you’re in Operations and don’t have a developer at your disposal? That should never stop you from making your job easier and more efficient. Powershell is a scripting language from Microsoft that is already on your Windows PC and Servers and more recently, open sourced to the OSX and Linux communities. It ships with a great minimalist development environment (Powershell ISE).

The problem I had is that all of the tutorials out there either assume a background in scripting and programming, or act as nothing more than command references. I’m hoping to enable you to automate your own workflows even if you’ve never programmed before. You only need to learn 5 things: Storage, Input, Output, Decisions, Loops. Everything you do manually is made up of these 5 things. Every programming language is made up of these 5 things.

Writing Your Own PowerShell Functions / Cmdlets

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:53:35 +0000

This article is an attempt at describing some of my thought process when building functions. By functions I mean a command that you can execute after importing a module. I am not referring to running a script that accepts parameters and input. Having a task to complete for a function is of course the first objective. Once an idea is in mind I like to write as much as the Help section first as possible as this helps me outline and plan what I am going to do.

Functions on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!

Learn Powershell in 5 Painless Steps – Decisions (If/Else, Switch, Function) – Step 5

Writing Your Own PowerShell Functions / Cmdlets