Part 3. PowerShell for developers

Edited by Oisín Grehan

PowerShell is a scripting language. Scripting is for IT pros. Are these two statements true? Yes, of course, they are—I don’t think anyone would disagree with that. But, I believe that these two truisms are often misinterpreted. This stems from the artificial line drawn between the two major disciplines. That is to say, people assume there is a tangible demarcation between what IT pros and developers do. But, scripting is programming, and programming is scripting. UNIX administrators have always known this. Lord knows, working with SED, AWK, and their ilk is often more like programming than...uh...programming.

If you think PowerShell is not for coders then maybe it’s time you sat back ...

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