Jim Christopher
Jim Christopher has over 15 years of professional experience spanning the scientific, education, gaming, and defense markets.
Jim is an active PowerShell MVP, frequent speaker, and is the manager for several open-source PowerShell projects including StudioShell.
Currently Jim runs Code Owls LLC, a software engineering and consulting business in Charlotte NC, producing opinionated solutions for his clients.
Website URL: http://www.beefycode.com
Stupid PowerShell Tricks for the .NET Developer
You suck at PowerShell. You really do. That's ok, you're a developer, and it's not a tool for developers anyway, right?
Wrong. PowerShell can be saving you time, energy, and more importantly aggravation. Regardless of your development domain - web, the enterprise, devices - PowerShell is there to help you get your work done.
Come spend an hour experiencing practical, time-saving PowerShell hacks you can start using today. The tricks range from the mundane to the brain-exploding, including:
- Integrating Mercurial or GIT with PowerShell;
- Using .NET libraries interactively from the console to process an image;
- Running unit tests on a remote computer as part of the local build;
- Automating change to source code, then scaling it to affect a massive code base;
Automate the stupid parts of your development, one-liner at a time...