Jeff Wouters: PowerShell Programming - Episode 320

Jeff Wouters: PowerShell Programming - Episode 320

Jeff was born and raised in The Netherlands and is an IT geek with a passion for automation. At the young age of 6, he had his very first computer and started developing his own Pacman to learn Batch programming. Looking back, the performance was terrible, but it worked. Over the years, he has always kept in touch with some sort of scripting or programming languages, such as Batch, (Turbo) Pascal, PHP, Delphi, Kixtart, Visual Basic Scripting (VBS), VB .NET, PowerShell, and C# .NET (Core). He is the owner of Methos, a consultancy and managed services company from The Netherlands focused on Microsoft Modern Workplace (Windows + Intune + Office365) and Azure through automation and Infrastructure-as-Code.

Topics of Discussion:

[4:19] Jeff's passion and the three turning points in his career.

[8:47] The architecture and intention behind PowerShell being built on .NET.

[12:33] What are the biggest mistakes Jeff sees people making when it comes to PowerShell?

[11:50] Best practices for using PowerShell in DevOps environments, and common mistakes to avoid.

[16:04] Differences between binary and PowerShell-based modules, and the benefits of exploring module code.

[18:18] Leveraging .NET code in PowerShell scripts and the advantages of this approach.

[20:00] Preferred methods for writing automated tests for PowerShell code.

[23:39] Jeff's current focus areas, including certifications and his upcoming "script portal" project.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

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Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.

Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

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Jeff on Twitter

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Jeff Wouters

Methos

jeff@methos.nl

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