This is an outline of a PowerShell class I taught to my coworkers in the fall of 2015

Powershell Class Outline

Powershell - Lesson 1
Configuration:
	Powershell profile
	Import-Module Grc
		(Test it w/ `Get-GrcTenants`)
Syntax:
	Variable declaration $
	Powershell variables ( $true, $null, $false, etc )
	Control Structures
		Conditionals (-eq, -ne, -contains, etc)
		Calling functions and commandlets (For
	Arrays @()
	Dictionary @{}
	Variable Persistance - `Get-Variable | Out-String`
	| operator
		> Get-GrcTenants |% {Write-Host $_.Name}
	Write-Host including writing variables in strings and piping variables into ConvertTo-Json and writing the result embedded in a string
	
	
Powershell - Lesson 2
	Types - The type is in `[]`. The Static Member Invocation operator is `::`. The Static method name is on the Right.
		[guid]::NewGuid()
	Switch (and assigning it to a variable)
	Literal strings: `@" "@`
	ConvertTo-Json / ConvertFrom-Json (LazyJsonExample.ps1)
	New-Object 
	Creating custom classes `add-type @" public class
	Invoke-RestMethod
	Invoke-WebRequest (More work to get the entire response)
	Talking to RavenDb
	GRC Commandlets
	
	
Powershell - Lesson 3
	" vs '
	` - escape character (Line breaks, including " inside a double quoted string, `n for newline)
	, operator: make an array: `$array = 1, 2, 3` or `$array = ,1`  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh847732.aspx
	. - Invoke operator
	& - Call operator
	param ( ... )
	Functions
	Writing commandlets
	Modules
	Paging Raven Results
	

Powershell - Lesson 4 (Guest speaker: Doug Lewis)
	DSC - Desired State Configuration
	
	
Powershell - Lesson 5
	UTF-8 Encoding
	Updating raven documents
	
Powershell - Lesson 6	
	Remote scripting
		Configure locally to allow outgoing scripts: (Run as admin) 
			> cd wsman:
			> Set-Item .\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value * #allows remote scripts to run on any destination
		Configure remotely to allow Windows Remote Management:
			> winrm quickconfig
			> Enable-PSRemoting
		> Invoke-Command -ComputerName goby-qa -ScriptBlock { $env:computername } -Credential dev\rborck
	WMI Objects
	[CmdletBinding], [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true)]	
	
	
Other notes:
	Starting and monitoring Jobs? (DSC?)	
	Forgiving variable usage gotchas in powershell
		$doug = 5
		write "$($doog+5)"
	Unzip a zip file:
		$zip = $shell.NameSpace("C:\Provisioning\buildagent.zip")
		$zip.items() | % { $shell.Namespace("$buildAgentBasePath").copyhere($_) }
	Remove-Variable * -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; Remove-Module *; $error.Clear(); Clear-Host
	AD Commandlets, SQL CmdLets, Services CmdLets, MSMQ Cmdlets
	Powershells version of Lamda's