PowerShell for .NET Developers

UNIX operating systems have long had their shell that was put to use in very powerful ways. Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS have had the lesser powerful batch scripting...until PowerShell came along. While PowerShell is primarily a tool for dev-ops and system administration, it can also be a very powerful platform to implement features for your applications. Either by using PowerShell as a scripting interface or providing an expert-level command-line interface for your applications, PowerShell is a tool that simply cannot be ignored by .NET developers in the world of cloud applications. In this session, we will explore what PowerShell is; how to write commands, scripts, and programs using PowerShell; and finally some best practices for PowerShell development.