Winget Package Management with PowerShell
I've been sharing my thoughts and code for managing my work environment with PowerShell. It's not that I am paranoid about security, but I like having...
Behind the PowerShell Pipeline - The Book
I've been writing this newsletter going on three years, and I'm deeply appreciative of those of you who have been with me from the beginning. In order to...
More Module Management
Last time, we started looking at PowerShell techniques to manage PowerShell modules. Even though I know how to use the commands in the...
January 2025 PowerShell Potluck
Time to wrap up the first month of the new year. I hope you are off to a good start. I have a few things to share with you this month. Top Process Recently,...
A PowerShell Scripting Solution for December 2024
At the end of last month, I left you with another PowerShell scripting challenge. It was admittedly a difficult challenge. But I gave you a few suggestions....
Module and Package Management Tools
When I started my IT career, we didn't have to worry much about the pace of change. Operating systems were released on a 3 to 5-year cycle, and software...
Positioning with the PowerShell AST
I've been slowly diving into the world of the PowerShell Abstract Syntax Tree (AST). In the last issue, we looked at parsing PowerShell input. I demonstrated...
PowerShell Parsing and Processing
Let's continue diving down the rabbit hole to see what we can do with the PowerShell Abstract Syntax Tree (AST). And believe me, this is a very deep rabbit...
Creating AST-Based PowerShell Tools
Over the last few articles, we've been exploring the world of Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs) in PowerShell. We've seen how to parse PowerShell scripts into...
Climbing Higher in the Abstract Syntax Tree
We've started an exploration of using the Abstract Syntax Tree` (AST) to analyze PowerShell code. You can use the AST to dissect PowerShell code to its...
Going Out on a Limb on the Abstract Syntax Tree
I thought I'd start out the new year by revisiting a topic I haven't covered in quite awhile. This is a topic that definitely fits the theme of this...
PowerShell Potluck December 2024
You've done it. You've reached the end of another month and for that matter, an entire year of hopefully interesting and useful PowerShell content. I'll keep...
A Profile Scripting Challenge Solution
Because of the Christmas holiday this week, I'm sending this out a little early, and there will only be one issue this week. 🎁 I hope you have a wonderful...
Creating GitHub Extension PowerShell Tools
In the last newsletter, I introduced you to extensions in the gh.exe command-line tool for managing GitHub. I showed you some PowerShell code I had written...
Extending the GitHub CLI
I know I've mentioned the GitHub command line tool, gh.exe, in the past. This is a great tool for working with GitHub repositories from the command line. I...
Taking It Apart with PowerShell
In the last issue, I explored techniques and concepts for putting things together with PowerShell. This time, I'm going to take things apart. There's nothing...
Putting It Together in PowerShell
It should come as no surprise that we often use PowerShell to build things, and I mean more than custom object output. We often need to build strings,...
Learning How to Learn
Photo by Kaushal Moradiya: https://www.pexels.com I have always valued the importance of learning how to learn or how to teach yourself. This concept is much...
Super Size Your Snippets
Today I want to return to a topic I've covered, at least briefly, in the past and that is taking advantage of snippets in Visual Studio Code. The PowerShell...
November 2024 PowerShell Potluck
I'm back with another PowerShell Potluck! This month, I have a variety of topics to share with you. I have a new module for working with Bluesky, a new...