Introduction

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Table of Contents

• • Editor’s Pick
  • Trending Github Repositories
  • Top Tweets
  • Top Reddit Posts
  • New on Youtube
  • Bestseller Books on Leanpub

Editors Pick

Here are some of the articles specially picked by me for your reading…

• The Key to Understanding PowerShell – on Windows or Linux

  by @concentrateddon

  I’ve listened to a few of my Windows-friendly compatriots attempting to explain PowerShell to their Linux colleagues, and it hasn’t always gone well. The problem, I think, is that a lot of Windows folks don’t actually know why PowerShell exists in the first place. Let me explain.

  PowerShell does not exist to automate administrative tasks. Re-read that a few times until it really sinks in. You see, you start going at the Linux guys with this “automation” argument, and they’re all like, “yeah, man, we’ve had that for always.” The existence of PowerShell on Linux makes no sense if the point of PowerShell is simply automation. In fact, PowerShell as an automation mechanism also makes no sense on Windows. Keep in mind that all PowerShell does is built on WMI/CIM and .NET Framework; there was nothing stopping you from using those things in the first place. You didn’t need PowerShell.  [Read more]

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• Actionable Toast Notifications, Finally Cracked Them!

  by @WindosNZ

  I don’t know how to express a happy dance with text. If I could that’s what would be here because I’ve finally removed a thorn from my side that’s been there for five years.

  I’ve been living and breathing toast notifications while building the BurntToast module for the past five years. Through this time, they’ve been great for delivering information… or annoying users. But there has always been a lingering missing piece: “Can I do something with these notifications?”

  Sure, you could always put buttons on your toast notifications. But they were limited to snoozing and dismissing the notification itself or opening files or websites in their default applications.

  Again, this is limiting us to just delivering information. What if you wanted to pop a notification telling the user they needed to reboot and providing them with a button that would carry out that reboot? [Read more]

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• The Grep of PowerShell [Tutorial]

  by @alistek

  One of the first Linux commands that many system administrators learn is grep. This venerable tool has been around for decades and is crucial to any administrator toolbelt. Grep’s core is simply the ability to search the plain text for a RegEx pattern. Grep can search files in a given directory or streamed input to output matches.

  PowerShell, being a language, is more than just a single purpose binary. Therefore what built-in abilities exist to search for plain text using RegEx patterns much like grep does? In this article, we explore the myriad ways to search for text in files using PowerShell. [Read more]

Trending Github Repositories

Github repositories that are trending are a good way to find and contribute to some cool PowerShell projects! Following is the list of top 10 trending PowerShell Github repositories.

Top Tweets

If you are into tech then you can’t miss these PowerShell related popular tweets in last week, here is the list of top 10 most popular PowerShell tweets…

Top Reddit posts

PowerShell Reddit r/PowerShell is a vibrant community and you should be on board if you want to get onto the nerve of PowerShell Community, here is a list of top Reddit posts last week..

New on Youtube

Here are all new PowerShell videos uploaded on youtube.com last week!

Bestseller Books on Leanpub.com

Here are the top 10 book titles which were trending as bestsellers under the PowerShell category!

Author of “PowerShell Guide to Python“, “Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)” and currently writing the most awaited book: “PowerShell to C# and Back” !