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I've been using Windows Powershell for a few weeks now. I was wanting to learn something new recently, and this seemed like a good fit since this is something I can apply to work life, as well as home.

Powershell is Microsoft's new command shell and scripting language, that is very .Net like. Pretty much anything you do results in an object, not a string like previous command shells.

To help with learning Powershell, I bought the Window Powershell Cookbook by Lee Holmes. I love this book since it really is a bunch of recipes. You want to do this, then follow these steps. The code snippets are small, and well commented, and help reinforce the topic. They are also all downloadable from O'Reilly, which helps me tinker with them.

So far I am really enjoying working with Powershell. In a short amount of time I have been able to create some scripts that help me with my day to day job. Some things that needed to be automated, but the only way I knew how to accomplish would have been to write a small craplet. Powershell allows me to write a nicer craplet :) Some other scripts I have written at home help me to blog more efficiently, and to transfer RSS Bandit data between computers.

I haven't tackled anything difficult or groundbreaking with Powershell yet, but I am still learning what can be done on this platform.