Category: Powershell

Patrick Gruenauer builds a module:

In this blog post, I will show you how to create a module with multiple functions using an example. You will see that this is not rocket science. Let’s jump in.

In order to use multiple functions in a module, we have to declare them as functions to export. This also means we need a module manifest file with that statements in it.

Read on to see what it takes to build a module in Powershell.

Jeff Hicks shares some good practices with us:

Over the course of the last several weeks, I’ve been sharing and demonstrating techniques for writing effective PowerShell functions. I know I’ve mentioned a few recommended best practices. But since they are important, I want to review and re-emphasize them. These practices will make your code easier to write, easier to debug or troubleshoot, and more secure. I’d like to think some of them are simple, common sense, but sometimes we need someone to remind us. These items are not in any particular order.

There are some Powershell specifics here but most of the advice is language-agnostic.

Jana Sattainathan gets things backwards and then forwards:

In the case of this app, I just did “Select All” within the app and moved all the videos over to “Photos”. When I downloaded the content to my computer, I noticed that it downloaded the most recently downloaded video first and the oldest video last. This meant the file names given to the videos were in reverse order of chronological order.

Read on to see how you can use Powershell to sort this all out.