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Expert to Expert: Erik Meijer and Jeffrey Snover - Inside PowerShell

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Welcome to another edition of Expert to Expert. Once again the venerable language master Erik Meijer leads the conversation. This time, we're lucky enough to have PowerShell creator and Partner Architect Jeffrey Snover. Jeffrey is really passionate about PowerShell and has worked hard to see that his .NET shell scripting technology ships in Windows 7 (it is on by default in Windows 7 and is used by administration components of the new OS).

Erik is a big fan of PowerShell (especially since the code name of PowerShell was "Monad" Smiley ) so we figured it would be useful to have Erik dig into the nitty gritty of PowerShell with Jeffrey and determine exactly what PowerShell is, how it's designed (and why), how it's used primarily (and secondarily) and finally how it will evolve. PowerShell is much more than a Windows-based shell scripting language and engine. But what, exactly, does this statement mean? Tune in. This is yet another great conversation between two stalwarts of the programming industry. Enjoy!

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Posted: Dec 04 2008, 04:43 AM by ScriptFanatic | with 3 comment(s)

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Boaz Galil said:

Hi Shay,

Could you please point to resource for newbie (like me) in the world of powershell.

Thanks in advance,

# December 6, 2008 3:49 PM

ScriptFanatic said:

Hey Boaz

I would start in PowerShell's WIKI page: en.wikipedia.org/.../Windows_PowerShell.

If you plan to invest in learning PowerShell then this book is a must: Windows PowerShell in Action, by Bruce Payette

http://manning.com/payette/. It is also available as a PFD file.

Another great book is Windows PowerShell v2.0: TFM 3rd Edition, www.sapienpress.com/PowerShell3.asp. It also covers PowerShell version 2.

Check also the PowerShell team blog:

blogs.msdn.com/.../default.aspx

The PowerShell news group is the main place to ask questions, the web version can be found here:

www.microsoft.com/.../default.aspx

There are also a number of user forums you might want to visit. They offer a great resource of learnning (tips,scripts etc). All of them

have strong community where you can find answers to your problems very quickly.

PowerShellCommunity.org: powershellcommunity.org

PowerGUI.Org http://powergui.org/index.jspa

PowerShell.com: http://PowerShell.com/cs

Finally, a one of my own. I created a web browser PowerShell toolbar. It offers many links to various PowerShell resources and is updated regularly. Click on the top image on this page to get it.

# December 8, 2008 3:29 PM

CK said:

Another good resource is "Professional Windows Powershell" by Andrew Watt. It is a great entry level book targeted at admins without previous programming experience. IMHO, the aforementioned "Powershell in Action" by Payette is written at the level of someone with previous programming/scripting experience. I am not sure what level The Powershell TFM book by Don Jones is written at, but probably somewhere in between. Get all 3 of them and you're covered. Lastly, a good reference book is the Orielly Windows Powershell Pocket Reference written by Lee Holmes. It will actually fit into your back pocket;-)

# January 27, 2009 6:48 AM

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