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  • My Solution to Iron Scripter 2019 Preparatory Challenge 1

    calendar Feb 16, 2019 · PowerShell PowerShell Summit Scripting Games  ·
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    Anyone who has competed in the scripting games before knows that I'm always looking for a challenge when it comes to writing PowerShell code. While the scripting games haven't been held in the last several years, they've somewhat been replaced by the Iron Scripter competition at the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit …


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  • The PowerShell Iron Scripter: My solution to prequel puzzle 3

    calendar Feb 3, 2018 · PowerShell Scripting Games  ·
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    I've been working through the Iron Scripter 2018 prequel puzzles which can be found on PowerShell.org's website. In puzzle 3, you're asked to create a "reusable PowerShell artifact". To me, that almost always means a PowerShell function. One requirement is to pull information from the PowerShell.org RSS feed. …


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  • Announcing the Winner of the PowerShell TFM Book Contest

    calendar Oct 8, 2015 · PowerShell Scripting Games  ·
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    Two weeks ago, I started a PowerShell contest which required the participants to convert a string of text to title case. I didn't specifically say title case but I explained that the first letter of each word should be converted to upper case and all remaining letters in each word should be converted to lower case. …


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  • Windows PowerShell TFM Book Contest and Giveaway

    calendar Sep 23, 2015 · PowerShell Scripting Games  ·
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    Today is the first day of Autumn also known as fall here in North America and it's my favorite time of the year. If nothing else, you've got to love the cooler weather and the changing of tree leaf colors. Last fall, a new version of the Windows PowerShell TFM book that I co-authored along with Jason Helmick was …


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  • My Solution: August 2015 PowerShell Scripting Games Puzzle

    calendar Aug 30, 2015 · PowerShell Scripting Games  ·
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    A couple of months ago, PowerShell.org announced that the PowerShell Scripting Games had been re-imagined as a monthly puzzle. In August, the second puzzle was published. The instructions stated that a one-liner could be used if you were using a newer version of PowerShell. A public JSON endpoint can be found at …


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  • My Solution: July 2015 PowerShell Scripting Games Puzzle

    calendar Aug 6, 2015 · PowerShell Scripting Games  ·
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    Last month, PowerShell.org announced that the PowerShell Scripting Games had been re-imagined as a monthly puzzle and the first puzzle was published. The instructions stated to use a PowerShell one-liner that produces the following output. No more than one semicolon should be used, do not use the ForEach-Object cmdlet …


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  • PowerShell Tip from the Head Coach of the 2014 Winter Scripting Games: Design for Performance and Efficiency!

    calendar Jan 23, 2014 · PowerShell Scripting Games  ·
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    There are several concepts that come to mind when discussing the topic of designing your PowerShell commands for performance and efficiency, but in my opinion one of the items at the top of the list is "Filtering Left" which is what I'll be covering in this blog article. First, let's start out by taking a …


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  • PowerShell Tip #3 from the Winner of the Advanced Category in the 2013 Scripting Games

    calendar Jan 16, 2014 · PowerShell Scripting Games  ·
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    In my previous blog article, I left off with the subject of inline help and stated there was a better way. I'm fast-forwarding through lots of concepts and jumping right into "Advanced Functions and Scripts" with this tip because they are where you'll find the answer to a "better way" to add inline …


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  • PowerShell Tip #2 from the Winner of the Advanced Category in the 2013 Scripting Games

    calendar Jan 9, 2014 · PowerShell Scripting Games  ·
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    Tip #2 - Comment (Document) your code! This is another one of those tips that probably isn't very popular, but regardless of how good you are at writing PowerShell scripts and functions, they're useless if no one else can figure out how to use them. You might be thinking that you're the only one who uses the PowerShell …


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  • PowerShell Tip #1 from the Winner of the Advanced Category in the 2013 Scripting Games

    calendar Jan 3, 2014 · PowerShell Scripting Games  ·
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    In case you haven't heard, the 2014 Winter Scripting Games are just now getting started. Regardless of your skill level with PowerShell, it couldn't be a better time to participate since this is the first time in the history of the scripting games that you'll be able to work as part of a team and receive proactive …


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