Windows PowerShell Best Practices and Patterns

By Don Jones
Learn community-created best practices and patterns for using and programming in Windows PowerShell.
Course info
Rating
(238)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Nov 10, 2014
Duration
2h 55m
Table of contents
Introduction
Agenda 4m Community Created Practices 1m Why Should You Care? 3m
Providing Help
Add Notes 4m Agenda 2m Comment-Based Help 9m Inline Comments 6m Keep. It. Simple. 6m Less-Common Comment-Based Help 6m Moral of the Module 1m Provide Useful Examples 7m
Managing Version Compatibility
Agenda 1m Document Dependencies 3m Moral of the Module 1m Write for the Oldest Version Possible 6m
Performance Practices
Agenda 1m If Performance Matters, Test It 6m Moral of the Module 1m Performance Is a Compromise 6m
Code Aesthetics
Agenda 1m Avoid Backticks 5m Avoid Horizontal Scrolling 5m Indent Your Code 7m Moral of the Module 1m Use Whitespace 3m
Managing Output
Agenda 2m Debug Output 4m The Moral of the Module 0m Using CmdletBinding 2m Verbose Output 3m Write-Host 3m
Script Design Patterns
Agenda 2m Aim for Reusability 2m Follow Naming Conventions 7m Modularize Code 10m Output Raw Data 4m Save Pretty for When You're Done 2m The Moral of the Module 0m Tools vs. Controllers 7m
Pure PowerShell
Agenda 3m Document Decisions 2m Have a Fallback Plan 4m Stay Native 2m The Moral of the Module 1m Wrap Non-Native 3m
Handling Errors
$? Is Not for Errors 2m Agenda 2m Avoid Error Flags 3m Empty Is Not an Error 3m ErrorAction 4m ErrorActionPreference 2m Grab Errors 1m The Moral of the Module 0m
Description
Course info
Rating
(238)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Nov 10, 2014
Duration
2h 55m
Description

Windows PowerShell MVP Don Jones helps you take your Windows PowerShell skills to a new, more professional level through the application of best practices and patterns. Developed and vetted by the overall PowerShell community, these patterns focus on maintainability, reliability, and conformance with native PowerShell approaches. Designed for administrators who are developing mission-critical and production-use PowerShell scripts, these patterns will help you - and your scripts - be taken more seriously.

About the author
Don Jones
About the author

Don Jones' broad IT experience comes from 20 years in the business, with a strong focus on Microsoft server technologies.

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