Readme for first release

Author: claudiospizzi

README.md

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 # ScriptLogger PowerShell Module
 PowerShell Module to provide logging capabilities for PowerShell Controller Scripts.
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+
+## Introduction
+
+With the ScriptLogger module, you are able to log error, warning, informational and verbose log messages into log files, the event log and the console host.
+
+
+## Requirenments
+
+The following minimum requirenments are necessary to use the module:
+
+* Windows PowerShell 3.0
+* Windows Server 2008 R2 / Windows 7
+
+
+## Installation
+
+Install the module **automatically** from the [PowerShell Gallery](https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/ScriptLogger) with PowerShell 5.0:
+
+```powershell
+Install-Module ScriptLogger
+```
+
+To install the module **manually**, perform the following steps:
+
+1. Download the latest release from [GitHub](https://github.com/claudiospizzi/ScriptLogger/releases) as a ZIP file
+2. Extract the downloaded module into one of your module paths ([TechNet: Installing Modules](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd878350))
+
+
+## Cmdlets
+
+The module has for cmdlets to manage the logger configuration and four cmdlets to write messages with different levels:
+
+| Cmdlet                  | Description                                                     |
+| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `Start-ScriptLogger`    | Start the script logger inside the current PowerShell session.  |
+| `Stop-ScriptLogger`     | Stop the script logger inside the current PowerShell session.   |
+| `Set-ScriptLogger`      | Update the script logger log configuration.                     |
+| `Get-ScriptLogger`      | Get the current script logger object.                           |
+| `Write-VerboseLog`      | Log a verbose message.                                          |
+| `Write-InformationLog`  | Log an information message.                                     |
+| `Write-WarningLog`      | Log a warning message.                                          |
+| `Write-ErrorLog`        | Log an error message.                                           |
+
+
+
+## Examples
+
+The following example show two options how to start the script logger, the logger management and how to log the log messages.
+
+```powershell
+# Initialize the logger with default values
+Start-ScriptLogger
+
+# Second options, specify multiple custom settings for the logger
+Start-ScriptLogger -Path 'C:\Temp\test.log' -Format '{0:yyyy-MM-dd}   {0:HH:mm:ss}   {1}   {2}   {3,-11}   {4}' -Level Warning -SkipEventLog -HideConsoleOutput
+
+# Get the current script logger configuration object
+Get-ScriptLogger
+
+# Update the script logger configuration
+Set-ScriptLogger -Level Verbose
+
+# Log an error message
+Write-ErrorLog -Message 'My Error Message'
+
+# Log a warning massage
+Write-WarningLog -Message 'My Warning Message'
+
+# Log an information message
+Write-InformationLog -Message 'My Information Message'
+
+# Log a verbose message
+Write-VerboseLog -Message 'My Verbose Message'
+
+# Disable the logger
+Stop-ScriptLogger
+```
+
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please feel free to contribute by opening new issues or providing pull requests.