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Microsoft PowerShell, VBScript & JScript Bible (Bible (Wiley))

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One needs to maintain perspective in using this book.

The actual content is excellent, definitely five-star content.

The design of the book is awful: some genius decided that black ink is passé and instead use about an 80% grey. Maybe this is trendy in some circles. But from this reader's perspective, it is a stupid decision. I keep thinking a light bulb has burned out or that my glasses need to be adjusted. Reading this book for more than a few minutes with this grey ink is torture. I am tempted to see if this difficult to read typography violates accessibility guidelines.

Why don't I just return the book and avoid Wiley products in the future?

Because the content is top-notch.

William R. Stanek is very well known for his books on Windows technology. He and his two co-authors don't fail us on this one.

This is very much a reference. If you don't know PowerShell, VBScript or Jscript, this is not he best teaching manual. The basics are covered, but if you don't already know a programming language, you're in trouble.

On the other hand, if you're a programmer and need a quick reference for PowerShell, VBScript and Jscript, this is the cat's meow. Each language is covered in surprising detail with lots of examples, the code for which may be downloaded. The writing style is always clear.

They cover nearly all the common bases; I/O, working with files, Windows scripting libraries and a dozen or so more.

True, there is nothing here that you couldn't find by hunting it down on the web . . . but it is here in one place and well-indexed.

Worth the money and worth the space on your Windows scripting bookshelf. But the gray ink may irritate you.

Jerry

This has Tons of examples and walk through notes of how things are constructed. Why they don't use this for college is beyond me this to me has more information then what the college used for my VBScripting class. Great buy and I would recommend if you are taking a College VBScripting class buy this book as a book to fall back on to.