Time to get back to the to blog. I’ve been working through my backlog of projects. These are things that I started writing or updating but then got pushed to the back of the line. One of these projects is a PowerShell module I wrote as a teaching tool. The idea was to create short…
Tag: JSON
Fun with PowerShell Module Layout
As I’ve been working on my new PowerShell project, which I’ve discussed over recent posts, I keep “discovering” fun scripting opportunities. Today I want to share some code I’ve come up with that makes it easier to build a PowerShell module directory structure. There are plenty of existing tools and scripts for scaffolding a project…
Solving the PowerShell Object Age Challenge – Part 2
The other day I shared part of my solution to an Iron Scripter challenge to write a generic function to report on the age of an object. The idea being that you could pipe any type of object to the function and get a result. And because I can’t help myself, I went a bit…
Storing PowerShell Credentials in JSON
Sometimes I do things in PowerShell just to see what happens. This is a great way to learn about new cmdlets and techniques. Sometimes these experiments lead to useful results. Other times they may end up as teaching devices. Of course the result could serve both purposes and you may have to decide that today…
Creating a GitHub Repository from PowerShell
I’ve been continuing to work with the GitHub API in PowerShell. Today I have a function you can use to create a new GitHub repository. Of course you will need to have a GitHub account and another piece of critical information, but after that it is quite easy to create new repositories. This makes it…
Friday Fun: Testing Google Chrome Bookmarks with PowerShell
I was cleaning up and organizing bookmarks in Google Chrome today and decided to find out where they were stored on my computer. I found the Bookmarks file in a local app data folder. Opening it up in Notepad I was pleasantly surprised to discover it is in JSON. Excellent! This gives me an opportunity…