Xah Lee, 2009-07
This page is a annotated list of references for Windows PowerShell.
“Windows PowerShell Owner's Manual” Source A very basic intro. Written in a chatty style. Mostly a description of what it is, how to use the basic features. Pretty much a basic tour and description. Not technical, and not a resource for programer who wants to know PowerShell as a language.
“Windows PowerShell Graphical Help File”. Source This is the same as the built-in “help” system, but in a format of Microsoft Window's help file (“.chm”). This is the most useful reference.
“MSDN Windows PowerShell” Source A in-depth documentation for developers.
“Windows PowerShell Cookbook” (2007) by Lee Holmes. A 500+ pages book focusing on how to do tasks; a receipe styled book. The quality of this book is excellent. amazon
“Windows PowerShell in Action” (2007) by Bruce Payette amazon (I haven't read this one.)
“Windows PowerShell Quick Reference” Source A 2-pages introduction on most common commands and syntaxes. As of 2009-07-21, this work's quality is like a draft version. There are some typos and even incomplete sentences.
“DZone Refcardz: Windows PowerShell” by Bruce Payette Source A 9-pages summary on commands and syntaxes; A cheatsheet. As of 2009-07-21, this work's quality is like a draft version. There are quite a few typos, including whole table's column being apparantly a copy of previous table's column.