Part 1: PowerShell Fundamentals

In this part, we’ll learn about the basics of PowerShell, how the language syntax works, how we can send the results of one operation straight into another with the pipeline, how PowerShell uses objects, variables, and data structures, how we can create branched and looped code, and finally, how we can write to and from stored files.

This part has the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, Introduction to PowerShell – What It Is and How to Get It
• Chapter 2, Exploring PowerShell Cmdlets and Syntax
• Chapter 3, The PowerShell Pipeline – How to String Cmdlets Together
• Chapter 4, PowerShell Variables and Data Structures
• Chapter 5, PowerShell Control Flow – Conditionals and Loops
• Chapter 6, PowerShell and Files – Reading, Writing, and Manipulating Data
• Chapter 7, PowerShell and the Web – HTTP, REST, and JSON