Testing Windows PowerShell with Pester

By Robert Cain
Testing should be integral to all IT activities. This course will show you how to create tests for your PowerShell scripts and modules using Pester, the new open source testing tool.
Course info
Rating
(40)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jun 17, 2016
Duration
4h 11m
Table of contents
Introduction to Unit Testing
Downloading and Installing Pester 4m Introduction 5m The PowerShell Module Tested in This Course 9m
Implementing Your First Pester Tests
Advanced Function Testing 6m Initial Function Testing, Context Blocks 5m Introduction 6m Testing the PowerShell Module Files 8m
Basic Function Testing with Pester
Building the Test with Mock Data 10m Correcting Errors Found by the Test 5m Creating Mock Data 3m Creating the First Function Test 5m Introduction 3m Requirements for the Next Test 6m Understanding Scoping in Pester 10m
Growing Your Pester Skills Advanced Function Testing
ConvertTo-PodcastXML Tests 8m Get-NoAgenda Tests, Mocks 11m Integration Tests, Summary 3m Introduction, Get-PodcastMedia 10m Write-PodcastXML Tests 9m
Verifying Changes to Existing Scripts with Pester Tests
Acceptance Tests, Summary 9m Pipelining Get-PodcastImage 7m Test for Existing Files with Get-PodcastImage 9m Updating Get-PodcastMedia 7m Validate Existing Code, Introduction 6m
Creating New Scripts with Test Driven Development, Part 1
Introduction, SQL Server Express 8m Issues with Testing Database Applications; Helper Functions 12m New-PodcastDatabase: Interacting with the database 12m Test-PodcastDatabase: Using Helper Functions in a Test 6m Testing the Module 7m
Creating New Scripts with Test Driven Development, Part 2
Advanced Pester Options; Summary 5m New-PodcastTable: Alternate Methods for Using Helper Functions 13m Test-PodcastTable: Covering All Ways to Call a Function 10m Update-PodcastTable: Acceptance Tests, the Function 8m Update-PodcastTable: Unit Tests 11m
Description
Course info
Rating
(40)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jun 17, 2016
Duration
4h 11m
Description

Having a good testing framework will ensure your PowerShell scripts function as designed, and will ensure they continue to work correctly after you make changes. In this course, Testing Windows PowerShell with Pester, you'll learn how to use Pester, the new open source testing tool, to create tests for all of your PowerShell scripts and modules. First, you'll start with seeing how to use Pester to test an existing code base. Then, Pester will be used to validate change requests to a module. Finally, you'll use Pester along with Test Driven Development to craft a brand new module. At the end of this course, you'll have the confidence to test and use your own PowerShell scripts in your own projects.

About the author
Robert Cain
About the author

Robert C. Cain (arcanecode.com) is a Microsoft MVP, MCTS Certified in BI, and is the owner of Arcane Training and Consulting, LLC. He is also a course author for Pluralsight, team member at Linchpin People, and co-author of 4 books.

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