Understanding .NET Enumerations
I want to continue my introduction to the .NET Framework by discussing enumerations. This is a programming structure that is often used in PowerShell. Most...
.NET for IT Pros
Not that long ago, I asked for feedback on this newsletter. One of the things I was looking for was content suggestions. I can’t promise I’ll cover...
Creating a PowerShell Weather Command Part 8
I truly hope you’ve been learning something about developing a PowerShell tool and writing Pester tests. You can easily knock out a quick and dirty script or...
Creating a PowerShell Weather Command Part 7
After a brief break, let’s return to the weather tool and Pester tests. When we ended last time, we had a function to get a location that could be piped to...
Getting Your Group On
I thought I’d give you a break from the weather function and Pester test. We’ll pick that series later. In the meantime, I thought I’d dive into one of my...
Creating a PowerShell Weather Command Part 6
Get-OMLocation
Creating a PowerShell Weather Command Part 5
Parameter Validation
Creating a PowerShell Weather Command Part 4
Weather Codes
Creating a PowerShell Weather Command Part 3
Adding command validation
Feedback Follow-Up
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Creating a PowerShell Weather Command Part 2
Test-Driven Development
I Need to Hear From You
When I started this newsletter, I had some ideas about the type of content I wanted to create. I very much wanted to get into the intangible qualities of...
Creating a PowerShell Weather Command
Part 1
Parameter Power
When creating a PowerShell function, you've often heard me say, "Think about who will use it and what are their expectations?" As a corollary, you want to...
Data Files as Script Files
Last year, I wrote an article about the importance of separating PowerShell code from the data you need to run that code. I still believe this is a critical...
Switch Hitting with PowerShell
Last time we started diving into using the Switch construct in PowerShell scripting. I think this is an excellent alternative if you need to build a large...
Switching Things Up in PowerShell
Learning the mechanics and syntax of PowerShell is not that difficult. Anyone can read the documentation for a concept like an IF statement and understand...
Logging with PowerShell Transcripts
Over the course of the last several articles, we’ve been exploring how to use and manage PowerShell transcript files. Before we move on, I wanted to show you...
PowerShell Transcript Tools
In the previous article, we looked at PowerShell’s transcription feature. Running Start-Transcript is a terrific way to maintain an audit log or history of...
PowerShell Transcript Techniques
A helpful PowerShell feature that I don’t think many people take advantage of is transcription. It is very easy to create a text-based log file. The log file...
