Master Your Environment Part 3
Note: I am aware that code samples are not respecting HTML tags and rendering some characters with their HTML codes. Buttondown is working on this issue. I...
Master Your Environment Variables
In the previous email, we started looking at ways to use the [System.Environment] .NET class. Even though the ENV: PSDrive exposes some of the class's...
Master Your Environment
PowerShell, as its name implies, is a shell. It is an interactive command-line interface to the underlying operating system. PowerShell is designed so that...
Creating Pandoc PowerShell Tools Part 2
I've been sharing my experiences in building Pandoc-based PowerShell tools. My ultimate goal is to create a tool that will convert a Markdown README file...
Creating Pandoc PowerShell Tools
One of the things I enjoy about creating a PowerShell-based tool is discovery. When writing code, I will realize that it would be helpful if I could use a...
August 2024 PowerShell Potluck
Here we are again at the end of another month. I hope you found this month's content helpful. I am always open to suggestions on topics that you'd like to...
Pandoc, PDFs, and PowerShell
I hope that you've been intrigued by the possibilities of Pandoc. It's a powerful tool that can help you convert documents between a wide variety of formats....
More Pandoc and PowerShell Possibilities
Let's pick up where we left off, exploring how to use the pandoc utility to convert markdown files to HTML. In the previous post, we looked at the basics of...
Document Tricks with Pandoc and PowerShell
Today's content is a little different. I'm not going to focus on a specific PowerShell topic, but rather something I think of as "PowerShell adjacent." You...
Accelerating Your PowerShell Help Documentation
If you are creating PowerShell modules, I hope you are creating external help documentation. The easiest way to do this is with the platyPS module which you...
Creating PowerShell Custom Formatting
We all know the importance of objects in PowerShell. PowerShell works with objects and lets you manipulate them in the pipeline. At the end of the process,...
Location Tricks with PowerShell
I'm sure it comes as no surprise to you that I spend a lot of time at a PowerShell prompt. I am always looking for ways to minimize the amount of typing I...
Creating ANSI Progress Bars in PowerShell
Let's wrap up our exploration of ANSI alternatives and look at one last item. In the previous article in this series, I shared some code you could use to...
PowerShell Potluck: July 2024 Round Up
Once again, the end of another month has snuck up on me. For those of you in the Northern Hemisphere, I hope you're enjoying the summer weather and finding...
More PowerShell Scripting Candy
I hope the recent articles on embellishing your PowerShell code have been interesting and inspiring. Running code in the console doesn't have to be boring...
More ANSI Alternatives
I've been demonstrating how to use ANSI to display messages in the console while your PowerShell code is executing. What I've shown you should be considered...
Verbose Message ANSI Alternatives
If you've been following my work for a while, you know I am a big fan of using `Write-Verbose`. I find the verbose output very helpful when I am writing a...
Pester Testing with InModuleScope
In a recent article, we looked at writing a Pester test that required mocking private functions. These are functions intended to be used within your code,...
Pester Testing .NET with Copilot Part 3
I've been sharing my experiences writing Pester tests for a PowerShell function that uses the .NET Framework instead of invoking native cmdlets. The process...
More Pester Testing .NET with Copilot
Last time I started exploring how to build a set of Pester tests for code that is written around the .NET Framework. I am using the `Get-OSDetail` function...
