PowerShell for Beginners (PDF)

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.

You will:

• 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