PowerShell for Programmers: Basic Syntax – Variables, Objects, and Data Types

Kory ThacherJanuary 18, 2018Jan 18, 201801/18/18

Variables
Variables in PowerShell are going to be a bit different than they are for you in most languages.
To start out the conversation, the basic way to create a variable is just by using a “$” and an “=”, but there are cmdlets and other ways to generate them.

PowerShell for Programmers: A Quick Start Guide

Kory ThacherJanuary 4, 2018Jan 4, 201801/4/18

The new landing page for this series will be here.
Learning PowerShell can be very useful for people with programming experience. Whether you’re currently a developer, dev-ops, or an admin you can get some serious use out of being familiar with PowerShell.

PowerShell For Programmers: Basic Syntax — CMDLETs

Kory ThacherJanuary 4, 2018Jan 4, 201801/4/18

PowerShell might look really strange to you. Many people assume PowerShell is basically CMD-prompt 2.0 because of the way it looks, but it really is a fully operational scripting language underneath.
PowerShell has something called a cmdlet (command-let), which for the most part is the same idea as functions you’re used to from other languages.