Development in a Blink » O’Reilly http://www.dougfinke.com/blog Researching the optimal; implementing the practical Fri, 03 May 2013 19:47:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 50% off My book PowerShell for Developers http://www.dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/03/my-book-powershell-for-developers-12-off/ http://www.dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/03/my-book-powershell-for-developers-12-off/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 19:46:25 +0000 Doug Finke http://www.dougfinke.com/blog/?p=1534 OReilly Media celebrates Day Against DRM, 1/2 off Ebooks+Videos

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]]> http://www.dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/03/my-book-powershell-for-developers-12-off/feed/ 0 Building GUI Applications in PowerShell http://www.dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2012/11/07/building-gui-applications-in-powershell/ http://www.dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2012/11/07/building-gui-applications-in-powershell/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:27:13 +0000 Doug Finke http://www.dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2012/11/07/building-gui-applications-in-powershell/ Excerpted in Dr. Dobb’s

This chapter from my book, “PowerShell for Developers”,  has been excerpted in Dr. Dobb’s.

The book also covers

Other PowerShell v3 features and more:

  • Slice and dice Text, XML, CSV, and JSON effortlessly
  • Embed PowerShell to provide scripting abilities for your C# apps
  • Create GUI applications five to ten times faster with less code
  • Leverage PowerShell’s capabilities to work with the Internet
  • Interact with DLLs and create objects, automatically display properties, and call methods in live interactive sessions
  • Build domain-specific languages (DSLs) and vocabularies to express solutions more clearly
  • Work with Microsoft Office via the Component Object Model (COM)
  • Discover PowerShell v3 features included with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

GitHub: Source Code and Examples From The Book

This repository contains the latest definitive bug fixed source code for the examples.

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We also talked about PowerShell v3 launching with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, and how it has grown with this latest release.

Key points from the full video interview

  • New to PowerShell v3: Workflows and many, many more cmdlets [Discussed at the 0:39 mark]
  • Streamline larger programs by incorporating PowerShell [Discussed at the 2:15 mark]
  • Automation equals repeatability [Discussed at the 3:40 mark]
  • PowerShell has a passionate community [Discussed at the 5:41 mark]
  • What does the future hold for PowerShell? [Discussed at the 7:16 mark]

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Here, Here and Here.

 

]]> http://www.dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2012/04/06/windows-powershell-for-developers-the-book/feed/ 6 PowerShell can change the way you work with SQL Server forever http://www.dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/10/powershell-can-change-the-way-you-work-with-sql-server-forever/ http://www.dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/10/powershell-can-change-the-way-you-work-with-sql-server-forever/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:50:01 +0000 Doug Finke http://dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/10/powershell-can-change-the-way-you-work-with-sql-server-forever/ O’Reilly Webcast: PowerShell for the SQL Server DBA

 

Useful for developers working with SQL Server too.

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