Windows PowerShell Best Practices and Patterns

Learn community-created best practices and patterns for using and programming in Windows PowerShell.

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.

• Introduction 8mins
• Providing Help 41mins
• Managing Version Compatibility 10mins
• Performance Practices 14mins
• Code Aesthetics 21mins
• Managing Output 15mins
• Script Design Patterns 33mins
• Pure PowerShell 14mins
• Handling Errors 16mins