Joel 'Jaykul' Bennett
Adventures getting MSBuild, TFS and SQL Server Data Tools to work together
We recently found that our database project at work goes from a 40-minute build and compile to about 20 minutes when we upgrade from the VS2010 (SQL 2008) database projects (with the old .dbproj files) to the new SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) projects with the .sqlproj files, even though we’re still deploying to SQL [...]
Get-Command in PowerShell 3 (NOTE: CTP2 Bug causes module loading)
I don’t normally blog about the bugs I find in beta software, but I posted this bug to PowerShell’s Connect and I feel like it got ignored and not voted, so I’m going to try to explain myself better here … The bug is on Connect, but let me talk to you first about how [...]
Rich formatting for PowerShell help
[updated] Ok, I just updated this with a new post on PoshCode. I posted the HtmlHelp module to PoshCode for generating HTML web pages based on the help for functions or cmdlets. It basically has one command: Get-HtmlHelp, which takes a couple of parameters now. The only mandatory parameter is the name of the command [...]
Did you know PowerShell can use Selenium?
This is sort-of a place-holder for a full-length post that I really ought to write about driving web testing from PowerShell using Selenium. I actually have a little module around for doing that with WaTiN, but honestly the Selenium project seems to be a lot more active, and has quite a bit of muscle behind [...]
PowerShell 3 – Finally on the DLR!
For those of you living in a cave: PowerShell 3 will be released in Windows 8, and we got a CTP at roughly the same time as the Windows 8 Developer Preview was released (at Microsoft’s new //Build/ conference in September 2011). A second CTP was released just in time for Christmas. I’ve been playing [...]
Arrange – Act – Assert: Intuitive Testing
Today I have a new module to introduce you to. It’s a relatively simple module for testing, and you can pick it up in short order and start testing your scripts, modules, and even compiled .Net code. If you put it together with WASP you can pretty much test anything The basis for the module [...]
Ramblings about computer markets …
This is what I call a stream of consciousness, edited. Please don’t rip my head off, call me names, etc. Microsoft is a product of the commodity hardware era. That is, Microsoft is a company that couldn’t have existed previously, in an era where computers cost tens of thousands of dollars (or hundreds of thousands [...]
Working with multiple versions of PowerShell Modules
What follows is a brief explanation of modules, followed by an explanation of how I handle multiple versions of a module. My way isn’t the only way — and I’m rather annoyed that I have to do it — but it works, and might help someone, so here it is. Some back-story During development of [...]
The Obligatory ShowUI Clock
Well, it all started when Richard Siddaway posted his PowerShell Clock using raw XAML. Then Doug posted his ShowUI Clock, and after some back and forth on our ShowUI developer mailing list, James Brundage posted a video walkthrough of building his clock … Now I’ve dug an old clock of mine out of mothballs and [...]