Advanced Scripting & Tool Making using Windows PowerShell

Joe M.

This course is an odd mix of basic and advanced concepts. While I appreciate the overview of many of the various things PowerShell can do, there were quite a few times where the topic went from basic to advanced in a blink of an eye without understanding how to get there. But at the same time, I appreciate that the course is under 10 hours. Sometimes, there wasn't any explanation of why certain switches were used or explanation of other small details. Also, I find the assignments pointless since this is not an interactive class. Since it is nearly 2025 when I am writing this, there are definitely things that need to be updated. Like don't bother talking about Win 7 (including that certificate signing script that is no longer necessary) and also use a more up to date version of PowerShell, like 7.4. I have personally needed v7 just because "Invoke-WebRequest" didn't suit my needs in versions before v7.

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Vidyasagar K.

Very simple and clear explanation, will definitely recommend.

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Simon B.

The section on advanced functions was very useful, it explained why I keep seeing such variation in how functions are declared in other people's scripts. And discovering that classes are a thing in PowerShell was a pleasant surprise. I think a lecture on PowerShell modules may have gone missing though? The only real drawback is that Vijay's approach to capitalisation, whitespace and indentation is somewhat haphazard, which is a bit offputting. But overall I'd recommend this course to colleagues and friends.

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Jiri B.

PROS
- A lot of commands I do not normally use - good for demos or development, useless, undesired in scripts.
- Starting from Section 8, more interesting use-cases or those I do not use on a regular basis.
- Can be watched at 2x speed.

CONS
- Outdated content. We are in Nov 2024, however, videos are from 2018. PS 5.1 is really not the latest and greatest; ISE for PS 5.1 is not the best IDE either. Same with VS 2015.
- Often too many commands in one batch, group on screen - one must pay a close attention not to miss anything important.
- Typos and bad practices in the code.
- No (automated) code formatting, linting.
- Mix of slides of different age, version. E.g., slides say "Section 5" while the course outline says "Section 7", and much more...
- Level of knowledge expected in certain assignments does not always correspond to that learned in individual lectures.
- Sample, test files should not be offered for download as a zip. Put it in GitHub or in an online lab. This is a huge security risk! Especially when MSI files, executables are included! Especially if learning from a work laptop!
- Sample, test files do not contain comments or description; may be hard to read or understand the original intent.

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Senthilrajaa M.

Great lecture.

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Anupa V.

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Rick P.

horrible audio quality
horrible accent can't understand anything he said

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Damian R.

Good class, learned a lot.

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Aninda A.

The lecturer sounds very knowledgeable and efficient. Also the way he explains concepts is very helpful and informative.

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Naveen V.

Great course to learn powershell.

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