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A vital piece of any PowerShell scripter's collection, September 1, 2010
This review is from: Windows PowerShell Cookbook: The Complete Guide to Scripting Microsoft's New Command Shell (Paperback)
I've been using PowerShell for a little over a year now, and I've acquired quite a hefty collection of PSH-related books. Among those books, the 1st edition of Lee Holmes' "Windows PowerShell Cookbook" is one the most heavily read and dog-eared. The new 2nd edition adds chapters and sample scripts around PowerShell 2.0's new features, like Event Handling and Advanced Functions, but most importantly, it retains - and even expands upon - the obvious passion that Holmes has for PowerShell, and for helping people understand it.
Whether you're just getting into PowerShell now, or you're a seasoned expert who has been using PowerShell since it was codenamed "Monad", Lee Holmes' "Windows PowerShell Cookbook" should have a prominent position on your bookshelf, or in your e-book reader!
** Full disclosure: I work for Microsoft, but my job has nothing to do with PowerShell. This review is my own personal opinion. **
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent tool, September 24, 2010
This review is from: Windows PowerShell Cookbook: The Complete Guide to Scripting Microsoft's New Command Shell (Paperback)
I have read many powershell books out there, and many of them are good, many are not so good. This book claims to be a cookbook, which typically I use as a reference to take ideas from. There is usually a short explanation of the concepts and uses of the technology. But I found I gained a good deal of practical application of the concepts in these short reviews. So in short this should not be your 1st Powershell book, but it should definitely be your second if you are an IT administrator.
The scripts are comprehensive, and useful. Lee has done a great job. I found immediate use that saved me a couple days in consulting time. So a $40 book and a couple of hours of my time against that cost, was quite a good return and I end up being the IT hero again.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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very good to pull ideas or a how to on but..., May 26, 2011
This review is from: Windows PowerShell Cookbook: The Complete Guide to Scripting Microsoft's New Command Shell (Paperback)
I have read several of the chapters and used parts here and there in the book and I do have java programming experience so i am not a total newbie.
As other readers have noted: This should not be your first scripting or PS book.
The books description does not make it out to be more than it is. A cookbook. It also provides a lot of PS basics but it also leaves a lot out. I was scratching my head on Arrays, lists and other collections. The book does not allow for clear distinctions between them but my experience told me there was a difference. Structuring the script was also passed over too quickly. I had to do some digging on the Internet for opinions and answers.
There are many scripts in the book but they are written or purposed in a way that do not expose the weaknesses/complexities of powershell like:
-"how do I know my Get-function is going to return an collection? sometimes it returns an object and if it does this script will fail"
-"how do I make my [array] of a static size?"
So I am going to keep this book around and read more of it BUT I am also going to look for another to partner it with.
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