Building PowerShell GUIs in WPF for Free
By Jeff Adkin
Course info
Course info
Description
At the core of creating PowerShell UIs is a thorough knowledge of Windows Presentation Framework. In this course, Building PowerShell GUIs in WPF for Free, you will learn how to create UIs for your PowerShell scripts. You will first learn how to create WPF XAML and import that into PowerShell. Then, you'll learn about the controls and spending some time working with them. Finally, you'll learn how to create executable PowerShell scripts with UIs for redistribution. When you're finished with this course, you will have a foundational knowledge of creating UIs in WPF for PowerShell that will help you as you move forward to creating your own UIs for your PowerShell scripts.
About the author
Jeff previously worked at Microsoft for over 8 years in MSIT going through multiple release cycles of SharePoint, Exchange, Groove, Office and Lync.
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Transcript
Hi everyone, my name is Jeff Adkin and welcome to my course Building PowerShell GUI’s in WPF for Free. I am a Practice Lead at Online Business Systems. PowerShell is the most used IT automation tool out of the Microsoft stack. In this course, what we are going to do is take our PowerShell scripts and create GUI's for them in WPF. Some of the major topics that we will cover include: 1. Using the Windows Presentation Frameworks XAML in PowerShell 2. Having PowerShell work with the GUI controls 3. Use Visual Studios designer to create our GUI's 4. Turn our scripts and UI's into Executable programs. By the end of this course you’ll know how to create GUI's for PowerShell in WPF. Before beginning the course you should be familiar with basic PowerShell syntax. From here, you should feel comfortable diving into PowerShell and WPF with courses on: 1. Building Advanced functions in PowerShell 2. WMI and CIM in PowerShell 3. WPF Productivity I hope you’ll join me on this journey to learn Building PowerShell GUI’s in WPF for Free, at Pluralsight.