lew said
Actualy, useless. Example how NOT to write about programming languages. Surprising, taking into account that so many good examples exist - such ac K&R and AWK book, for example. My own problem: how to concatenate strings? You would expect that will be discussed in chapter about type named "string"?... Wrong. It is not. Check the index. String concatenation is on pages 89 and 180, concatenate strings is on page 497. And this all is not what I am looking for. How to convert object, say number, to string representation? This should be in chapter about numbers, yes? No, it is not. There must be in index? Something like "convert to string"?... No, there is Convert-To_Secure-String. This is not what I want.. Maybe like in Java, toString()? Yes, ToString() index entry is on page 238, but numbers are on page 64. And to find ToString() you must know that you are looking for ToString(). Finally, what programming constructs are available in PowerShell? There should be a table. No, it is not
Sorry to say, this book is useless for me and impossible to read. If you know PowerShell already, then most likely you will not need this book. If you don't know PoweShell and want to learn, this book will only frustrate you. Best programmers are not always the best writers, sorry to say...
Mikey said
A great buy for anyone learning powershell. There are also tips more advanced users can pick up on throughout the material.
Erik Bitemo said
The book written by one of the lead designers of the language is a must-read if you want to know why and how PowerShell works in a way it does. If you're already familiar with programming or scripting, you can buy it as a first PowerShell book (this was my first and only book), because you can find tons of examples on the internet, but hardly anything about the concept and the internal structure and logic.
A great benefit of the book is that you will be able to debug PowerShell - because you know the logic of the language, you're able to look under the hat and figure out what went wrong.
Confession: I read the first part of the book, the language concepts; the second part, a few pretty advanced examples weren't interesting enough for me, because I use PowerShell for other purposes (but I picked ideas from the second part). But the first half of the book alone is well worth the money.
Victor A. Rozumny said
Fantastic. Well written, easy to follow. First rate!
Vic Rozumny
Senior Product Engineer, AT&T
Terence Chong said
The product was exactly what I needed to get started with PowerShell. It is a good reference and very useful.
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