eBook - ePub

PowerShell for Beginners

Name: PowerShell for Beginners
ISBN: 9781484270646

Learn PowerShell 7 Through Hands-On Mini Games

Ian Waters,

English
ePUB (mobile friendly)
Available on iOS & Android

eBook - ePub

PowerShell for Beginners

Learn PowerShell 7 Through Hands-On Mini Games

Ian Waters,

About this book

Learn the basic tools and commands to write scripts in PowerShell 7. This hands-on guide is designed to get you up and running on PowerShell quickly - introducing interactive menus, reading and writing files, and creating code that talks over the network to other scripts, with mini games to facilitate learning.

PowerShell for Beginners starts with an introduction to PowerShell and its components. It further discusses the various tools and commands required for writing scripts in PowerShell 7, with learning reinforced by writing mini games. You will learn how to use variables and conditional statements for writing scripts followed by loops and arrays. You will then work with functions and classes in PowerShell. Moving forward, you will go through the PowerShell Console, customizing the title and text colors. Along the way you will see how to read a key press and make sound in PowerShell. The final sections cover game engine layout, how to build a title screen, and implementing the game design using code flow, title screens, levels, and much more.

After reading the book you will be able to begin working with PowerShell 7 scripts and understand how to use its tools and commands effectively.

What You Will Learn

Use Microsoft Visual Studio Code to develop scripts
Understand variables, loops and conditional statements in PowerShell
Work with scripts to develop a game
Discover and use ASCII art generators
Comprehend game objects and code
Create client-server scripts that communicate over a network
Read and write to files
Capture input from the keyboard
Make PowerShell speak words to help the visually impaired
Create text-based adventure games

Who This Book Is For

Software developers who want to start working with PowerShell scripts.

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