6 The many forms of scripting (and which to choose)
You probably think you’re the victim of bait-and-switch tactics by Manning. We use words such as tool and toolmaking but haven’t talked much about scripting. After all, the title of this book is Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches. But what if I told you that scripting equals toolmaking in this instance? Scripting is a pretty generic word, and in the PowerShell universe, we feel that it can refer to a couple of specific and valuable things that we’ll go over in this chapter.
6.1 Tools vs. controllers
Think about a hammer. A hammer is a tool, and it’s probably one you’ve at least seen before, even if you’ve never wielded one. A hammer is self-contained; it’s main purpose is to strike ...
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