{"id":4571,"date":"2009-01-19T16:40:36","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T16:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2009\/01\/19\/why-should-i-test-with-powershell\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:12:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T20:12:51","slug":"why-should-i-test-with-powershell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/why-should-i-test-with-powershell\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Should I Test With PowerShell?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, on our internal discussion list, someone asked if there were any advantages to testing with PowerShell versus testing with C#.<\/p>\n

I was able to come up with 10 quick reasons to test with PowerShell:<\/p>\n

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  1. Being able to run command line programs easier within PowerShell<\/li>\n
  2. Dynamically generating code or test data for a test case (fuzzing or data-driven testing get a lot easier with this)<\/li>\n
  3. Being able to access COM easier within PowerShell<\/li>\n
  4. Being able to embed PowerShell in C# (so you can avoid writing a framework and just embed PowerShell in your infrastructure)<\/li>\n
  5. Being able to use weakly typed variables within PowerShell<\/li>\n
  6. Being able to test APIs on the command line, so you test manually and then automate<\/li>\n
  7. Getting a history of commands, to take what you’ve explored and turn it into a test case<\/li>\n
  8. Being able to strongly cast or coerce types when needed<\/li>\n
  9. Support for verbose, warning, and debug streams to provide additional test information<\/li>\n
  10. Being able to use PowerShell’s systems administration features to help  setup or cleanup a test environment<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I hope these reasons help convince other software testers to use PowerShell. It can really make testing a lot simpler.<\/p>\n

    Hope this helps,<\/p>\n

    James Brundage [MSFT]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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