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alx9r / app.cs

Created October 11, 2017 16:53

Task<TResult>.Result throws exception

	using System;
	using System.Threading.Tasks;

	namespace ConsoleApplication1
	{
	public class Thrower
	{
	public string Throw()
	{
	throw new System.Exception("some exception");

alx9r / test.ps1

Last active September 26, 2017 14:15

Test fixture for https://stackoverflow.com/q/46428736/1404637

	New-Module m {
	function SomeScriptblockInvoker {
	param
	(
	[Parameter(Position = 1)]
	[scriptblock]
	$Scriptblock,

	[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)]
	$InputObject

alx9r / nullSafeString.ps1

Created August 21, 2017 13:33

experimental string type to overcome https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/4616

	Add-Type @"
	public class NullsafeString : System.IEquatable<string>,System.IConvertible
	{
	public string Value = null;

	public NullsafeString(string v = null)
	{
	Value = v;
	}

alx9r / mockScopeDiff.Tests.ps1

Last active August 3, 2017 16:36

Tests summarizing scope-related differences for mocks between Pester 3 and 4

	$guid = [guid]::NewGuid().Guid
	$guidFrag = $guid.Split('-')[0]
	$h = @{}
	$h.MyInvocation = $MyInvocation
	$directlyInvoked = -not [bool]$h.MyInvocation.Line
	$h.TempTestScript = "$([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath())\$guidFrag.Tests.ps1"

	function Set-PesterVersion
	{
	[CmdletBinding()]

alx9r / exceptionCallingGetDynamicParameters.Tests.ps1

Created January 12, 2017 23:03

	Import-Module Pester
	Import-Module AzureRM.Resources

	Get-Command New-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment \| % ModuleName
	[string](Get-Module AzureRM.Resources).Version
	$PSVersionTable

	Push-Location (Get-Module Pester).ModuleBase
	$allVersions = git tag \|
	% {

alx9r / moduleReloading.Tests.ps1

Last active November 29, 2016 17:09

Pester test demonstrating [Remove-Module;] Import-Module does not always reload modules.

	$guid = '2282bfa0-cfdc-4ee5-a7a4-7aca5b33dc9f'
	$workingFolderPath = "$([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath())$guid"

	$moduleContents = [ordered]@{
	NoClasses = @{
	Root = @'
	Import-Module "$PSScriptRoot\Sub.psm1" -Args $Args
	$passedArgs = $Args
	function Get-PassedArgsRoot1 { $passedArgs }
	function Get-PassedArgsRoot2 { $passedArgs }

alx9r / File.Tests.ps1

Created October 28, 2016 18:38

Proof of concept for directly invoking the built-in DSC File Resource.

	$record = @{}

	$guid = [guid]::NewGuid().Guid
	$tempPath = "$([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath())FileResourceTest"

	Describe 'File' {
	Context 'setup' {
	$fqClassName = @{
	Namespace = 'root/microsoft/windows/DesiredStateConfiguration'
	ClassName = 'MSFT_FileDirectoryConfiguration'

alx9r / Trace-Command_output.txt

Last active October 6, 2016 17:14

	PS C:\> Trace-Command ParameterBinding { 'string' \| Test-Discrimination } -PSHost
	DEBUG: ParameterBinding Information: 0 : BIND NAMED cmd line args [Test-Discrimination]
	DEBUG: ParameterBinding Information: 0 : BIND POSITIONAL cmd line args [Test-Discrimination]
	DEBUG: ParameterBinding Information: 0 : MANDATORY PARAMETER CHECK on cmdlet [Test-Discrimination]
	DEBUG: ParameterBinding Information: 0 : BIND arg [] to parameter [String]
	DEBUG: ParameterBinding Information: 0 : Executing DATA GENERATION metadata:
	[System.Management.Automation.ArgumentTypeConverterAttribute]
	DEBUG: ParameterBinding Information: 0 : result returned from DATA GENERATION:
	DEBUG: ParameterBinding Information: 0 : COERCE arg to [System.String]
	DEBUG: ParameterBinding Information: 0 : Parameter and arg types the same, no coercion is needed.

alx9r / DscEnvironmentHealth.Tests.ps1

Created August 25, 2016 17:49

	Describe 'DSC Health' {
	It 'KB3176934 is not installed' {
	# https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2016/08/23/powershell-dsc-broken-in-kb3176932/
	$r = Get-Hotfix -Id KB3176934 -ea SilentlyContinue
	$r \| Should beNullOrEmpty
	}
	}

alx9r / cimv2_dell_classname_listing.txt

Created October 20, 2015 19:57

root\cimv2\dell CIM classname listing from a 12th Generation Dell PowerEdge Server running OMSA version 7.4

	gwmi -Namespace 'root\cimv2\dell' -list


	NameSpace: ROOT\cimv2\dell

	Name Methods Properties
	---- ------- ----------
	__SystemClass {} {}
	__thisNAMESPACE {} {SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR}