Learn How to Code With Football

Master PowerShell basics and DOS-like commands, using dir (D-R alias to ls), clear, ping, and cd to manage files and directories and perform simple arithmetic in Windows.

Learn how to manage PowerShell execution policy to run scripts securely, including checking policy with Get-ExecutionPolicy, switching to remote signed, and running as administrator, with security risks explained.

Open Windows PowerShell, write your first script using the host command, save it, and run it from a Windows PowerShell window by using cd and dot slash.

Discover how PowerShell cmdlets—defined functions with a verb-noun naming scheme—use parameters to perform tasks like writing to host, setting color, and controlling output formatting.

Discover PowerShell variables by using the dollar sign to create, assign, and update values, print with Write-Host, and pass variables to commands, useful for football team stats.

Explore PowerShell data types and variables, showing dynamic typing with strings, integers, floating point numbers, and booleans, and use get-type to inspect types, laying groundwork for conditionals.

Master PowerShell objects by understanding class, methods, and properties, inspect an object's properties with Select-Object, and access values like the string length from a Detroit Lions example.

Learn how to work with PowerShell arrays: initialize, access by zero-based index, loop through elements, print values, update items, and use count to determine length.

Learn how PowerShell pipelines connect commands by passing one command's output into another, demonstrated with get-process piped to export-csv to create procs.csv.

Explore PowerShell hashtables and arrays by building an array of custom objects for the NFC North, accessing attributes like name and head coach, and preparing for API data.

Learn how to collect user input in the console via PowerShell's read host, assign it to a variable, echo the result, and prepare for switch statements.

Explore if statements in PowerShell with else, nested ifs, and operators like greater than, less than, equal, not equal, and greater than or equal to, illustrated with Lions examples.

Explore how else if chains connect multiple conditional statements for football data, providing a catchall to handle unknown teams.

Master switch statements in PowerShell by creating an NFC East team selection menu. Include a default and break, and show array inputs with teams like Cowboys, Giants, and Eagles.

Use for loops to iterate through arrays, with a zero-based counter from zero to three, applying a condition and incrementing with the plus operator, then print each array value.

Learn to use for each loop to iterate over arrays and hash tables, export results to text files, and prepare football data for API requests and scraping tasks.

Learn how the for each object command in PowerShell pipes data and applies a script block to each item, referencing the current object with $_ and its length attribute.

Master how while loops run while a condition is true, using a counter. Compare them to for and for-each, and note risks of infinite loops and memory leaks.

Explore do while and do until loops, executing code before evaluating the condition, using a counter and array iterations to illustrate practical looping strategies and when to stop.

Learn how to write effective PowerShell comments using the hash symbol, including end-of-line notes, and keep comments concise to avoid stating the obvious, while recognizing comments exist in all languages.

Learn how to define custom functions in PowerShell to automate repetitive football data tasks, test nfl.com connectivity with ping, and use parameters, including mandatory ones.

Learn how an API acts as a messenger between users and systems, using Fantasy Datacom's API to fetch football data via PowerShell.

Set up your fantasy data account, obtain your API key, and learn to make API calls with PowerShell to access team and player data for last season.

Explore fantasy data feeds and NFL API documentation, with season and week variables, player and defense stats, ADP data, injuries, and pre game odds for insight-driven PowerShell exploration.

Fetch fantasy data with PowerShell by calling the API, using an access key in headers, and parse the active players list to reveal details like Matthew Stafford's college.

Explore how to request and inspect team data in PowerShell, retrieving 32 teams with attributes like city, name, conference, division, stadium ID, colors, and logos.

Learn to fetch football player stats by season and by week using a simple api and PowerShell. Explore defensive and offensive stats and build fantasy football comparisons.

Create a player comparison script in PowerShell that prompts for player details and season or week, fetches data from a fantasy data API, and outputs a recommended pick.

Explore Windows Forms, a free graphical UI framework for desktop apps with PowerShell, and see how it displays data from the Fantasy Data API.

Install and set up Visual Studio Code with the PowerShell Pro Tools extension, including licensing and trial setup, to enable PowerShell development across platforms.

Learn to build your first Windows form using PowerShell Pro Tools in Visual Studio Code, using the form designer to launch a graphical app.

Set up a football themed data entry form by adding and configuring labels and text boxes, naming the form and labels, aligning text, and preparing for API driven results.

Add text boxes to a form with drag-and-drop, copy and paste, and name them; save and run the form while aligning elements with grid locking in PowerShell Pro Tools.

Learn to add a button in a form, set its font, rename it to compare players, connect a click event, and prepare picture boxes for an API call.

Add picture boxes to the form to display player profiles, configure image locations from the API, and prepare for API-driven image retrieval in the next lesson.

Develop button logic to fetch fantasy data via an api, set player variables, and populate labels and pictures. Compare two players across two data feeds and display a program pick.

Learn how PoshGUI.com compares to PowerShell Pro Tools for building graphical PowerShell-based applications, highlighting drag-and-drop design, easy duplication, and exporting code as PS1 or text files.

Explore essential PowerShell resources, including Microsoft Docs, Stack Overflow, YouTube, and SX 64, to troubleshoot errors and perform tasks like compressing and expanding archives.

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