Iron Scripter: Learn PowerShell through code challenges

Hello, friends! Today I want to talk about the Iron Scripter code challenges and the accompanying website. The challenges are excellent for practicing challenging concepts. What’s that you say? Not familiar with Iron Scripter? Let’s get you up to speed.

Iron Scripter: A brief history lesson

The Iron Scripter website is part of the PowerShell.org family and provides material for the Iron Scripter challenge that takes place at PowerShell Summit each year. For those unfamiliar with the Iron Scripter event at PowerShell summit, let me give you a brief introduction.

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