Building Advanced PowerShell Functions and Modules

By Adam Bertram
If you're looking to go from someone who simply hacks things together with PowerShell to someone with the skills to build readable and maintainable code, then this is the course for you. We will cover everything there is to know, from building simple scripts and basic functions to advanced functions and modules.
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Rating
(84)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Dec 23, 2015
Duration
4h 0m
Table of contents
Building Advanced Functions
Introduction 4m An Advanced Function Overview 25m Summary 1m
Understanding Advanced Function Parameters
Introduction 1m Mandatory Parameters 8m Parameter Validation: ValidateScript 6m Parameter Validation: ValidatePattern 3m Parameter Validation: ValidateSet 2m Parameter Validation: ValidateRange and Handling Null Arguments 8m Parameter Sets 15m Summary 1m
Incorporating Advanced Pipeline Input
Introduction 2m Accepting Pipeline Input 13m Begin/Process/End 12m Using $input 6m Summary 1m
Playing It Safe with WhatIf and Confirm
Introduction 2m Using Built-in WhatIf Support 4m Using Built-in Confirm Support 7m How NOT to Build WhatIf Support in Your Functions 4m Buildng WhatIf Support in Your Functions 3m Buildng Confirm Support in Your Functions 7m Summary 1m
Building and Managing Script Modules
Introduction 5m Using Modules 7m Export-ModuleMember 4m Using Import-Module to Limit Function Visibility 3m Restricting the Ability to Unload Modules 5m Summary 1m
Building a Manifest Module
Introduction 3m Building Module Manifests 10m Setting Module Requirements 6m Managing Module Dependencies 6m Running 'Startup' Scripts 10m Summary 1m
Writing Help Content
Introduction 2m Comment-based Help 8m XML Help 21m Updatable Help 12m Summary 1m
Description
Course info
Rating
(84)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Dec 23, 2015
Duration
4h 0m
Description

In this course, we are going to cover nearly everything there is to know about advanced functions and modules. Overall, this course can be broken down into six main components: differences between basic and advanced functions, advanced functions and how to build them, leveraging the PowerShell pipeline in your advanced functions, how to build safeguards into your functions with WhatIf and Confirm support, building and managing script and manifest modules, and, finally, writing help content for both your advanced functions and modules.

About the author
Adam Bertram
About the author

Adam Bertram is an independent consultant, technical writer, trainer, and presenter. Adam specializes in consulting and evangelizing all things IT automation, mainly focused around Windows PowerShell.

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