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Unit Testing PowerShell Code with Pester

December 16, 2015 Dec 16, 2015 12/16/15
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Summary: Guest blogger, Dave Wyatt, discusses using Pester to analyze small pieces of Windows PowerShell code.    Note   This is a five-part series that includes the following posts: Before we get into the technical details today, let’s define a few terms. There are several categories of automated testing...

PowerTip: Connect Pester to Automated System

December 15, 2015 Dec 15, 2015 12/15/15
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Summary: Learn how to incorporate Pester into an automated system.  How do I incorporate Pester into an automated system?  Use one of the features in Pester that are built for this purpose: NUnit XML export, -PassThru switch, or the            –EnableExit switch in conjunction ...

Getting Started with Pester

December 15, 2015 Dec 15, 2015 12/15/15
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Summary: Guest blogger, Dave Wyatt explains how to get information back from Pester.    Note   This is a five-part series that includes the following posts: At the end of yesterday’s post, I showed this brief example of a .Tests.ps1 file: Today, we’ll go into more detail about what goes into these ...