Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "In PowerShell, this is achieved with Select-String."

A block of code is set as follows:

catch (Exception e) 
{ 
     log.WriteLine( 
       " Error during startup: " + e.ToString()); 

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse | Select-String password 

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "In order to submit the page, we need to click the Create New Paste button."

Tips or important notes

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