Several years ago Don Jones and I wrote what we hoped would be the definitive book on PowerShell scripting and toolmaking. The book takes all off our years of experience, not only from writing PowerShell code, to teaching and conference presentations where we hear first hand what people struggle with. We published the book on…
Category: Books
Pick Up The PowerShell Practice Primer
A number of years ago, I published book on Leanpub, designed to help you teach yourself PowerShell. After you get through the first Month of Lunches book, what do you do next? The best way to learn PowerShell is to do it. But it might be challending trying to figure out what to do. I…
Updated PowerShell Practice Primer Now Available
I have published a new version of The PowerShell Practice Primer. If you own the book and signed up for notifications, you should have received an email informing you of the new edition. That is a great benefit of publishing on Leanpub. If I update the book, you get the update as well. In this…
PowerShell Practice Makes Perfect
I have been teaching and presenting about PowerShell for over 10 years. I always put a great emphasis on doing as I firmly believe that is the best way to learn something like PowerShell. I’ve also heard a number of people over the years say that they want to learn and do more with PowerShell…
PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking – The Last Book You Will Ever Need
At long last it is finished! Don Jones and I have recently published the first iteration of The PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking Book. This project was first announced in January 2017 with an early release program. The first edition was finished and in reader’s hands by the end of February 2017. We appreciate all of…
PowerShell Deep Dives Report
So I have the royalty statement for the PowerShell Deep Dives book for the second quarter of 2015. For those of you who own a copy, thank you. For those of you who aren’t aware, even though I have a royalty statement, that doesn’t mean I got paid. I have the statement because I was…
Updating Month of Lunches
Don Jones and I are often asked about our Month of Lunches books and when we are going to update them. This question seems to pop up more frequently now that Windows 10 is released to the wild and more of you are seeing PowerShell 5.0 for the first time. The short answer is no…
Save the PowerShell Children
I just received the royalty statement for Q4 2013 on the PowerShell Deep Dives book. While I appreciate every sale, I know the community can do better. In case you didn’t know, this book is a compilation of PowerShell nuggets you won’t find anywhere else. Chapters were contributed by MVPs, leaders in the PowerShell community…
PowerShell Deep Dive First Sales
Last year I had the pleasure of editing PowerShell Deep Dives, published by Manning. This book is a community project with chapters contributed from MVPs and leading members of the PowerShell community. You won’t find this content anywhere else. Anyway, I have the first royalty report from Q3 2013. Looks like we sold a little…
Friday Fun Color My Web
Awhile ago I posted an article demonstrating using Invoke-Webrequest which is part of PowerShell 3.0. I used the page at Manning.com to display the Print and MEAP bestsellers. By the way, thanks to all of you who keep making PowerShell books popular. My original script simply wrote the results to the screen. But I decided…
PowerShell Deep Dives is published!
>At long last the PowerShell Deep Dives book, published by Manning, is a reality! The book is a collection of PowerShell nuggets, tidbits, tutorials and tips that you won’t find anywhere else. Even more importantly, this is a book with a mission. None of the contributors or editors receive any payments for the book. All…
Half off Learn Windows PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches
Today, Learn Windows PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches is part of Manning’s Deal of the Day. This is the book for the absolute beginner and will teach you literally in a month of lunch breaks all you need to know to get started with PowerShell 3.0. Not convinced? Take a moment to read…
PowerShell Books Rule
PowerShell related titles continue to rule the roost, at least for Manning. Based on recent sales PowerShell titles occupy 40% of the top 10 list! I’m hoping this trend will continue later this spring with publication of the PowerShell Deep Dives book which is currently available as part of Manning’s MEAP. As of March 14th…
Learn PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches now available
I am very happy to report that the new version of Learn PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches is now available from Manning. This is the second edition of the popular book originally authored by PowerShell legend Don Jones. Don invited me to collaborate on the second edition which covers PowerShell v3 and I…
Capture the Moment
I’m very excited that the PowerShell books I’ve been working on this year will finally begin hitting the shelves, and hopefully your desk, over next month or two. If you’ve been locked in the datacenter and have no idea what I’m talking about, you can check them out on my Books page. If you’ve already…