The PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking Book #4
Description
https://leanpub.com/powershell-scripting-toolmaking
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- A Note on Code Listings
- Lab Setup
- Functions, the Right Way
- PowerShell Tool Design
- Start with a Command
- Build a Basic Function and Module
- Adding CmdletBinding and Parameterizing
- Emitting Objects as Output
- An Interlude: Changing Your Approach
- Using Verbose, Warning, and Informational Output
- Comment-Based Help
- Handling Errors
- Basic Debugging
- Verify Yourself
- Going Deeper with Parameters
- Advanced Function Tips and Tricks
- Dynamic Parameters
- Writing Full Help
- Extending Output Types
- Advanced Debugging
- Command Tracing
- Analyzing Your Script
- Controlling Your Source
- Converting a Function to a Class
- Unit Testing Your Code
- Publishing Your Tools
- Basic Controllers: Automation Scripts and Menus
- Graphical Controllers in WPF
- Terminal User Interface (TUI) Scripting
- Proxy Functions
- Working with SQL Server Data
- Working with XML Data
- Working with JSON Data
- Working With CSV Data
- Tools for Toolmaking
- Measuring Tool Performance
- Globalizing Your Tools
- Using "Raw" .NET Framework
- Scripting with Collections
- Scripting at Scale
- Scripting with Secrets
- Scaffolding a Project with Plaster
- Adding Auto-Completion
- Adding Custom Formatting
- Adding Logging
- Toolmaking Tips and Tricks
- Why Pester Matters
- Core Pester Concepts
- Writing Testable Code
- What to Test
- Describe Blocks
- Context Blocks
- It Blocks
- Should and Assertions
- Mocks
- Pester's TESTDRIVE
- Pester for Infrastructure Validation
- Measuring Code Coverage
- Test-Driven Development with Pester
- PowerShell 7 Scripting Features
- Cross Platform Scripting
- Toolmaking with Crescendo
- Afterword
- Just Enough Administration: A Primer
- PowerShell in ASP.NET: A Primer
- PowerShell Workflows: A Primer