Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches

Chapter 18. Professional-grade scripting

We’re almost ready to call you a professional toolmaker in PowerShell. Almost. Before you go around adding “PowerShell Toolmaker” to your resume, we think you should make certain that you’re exhibiting the behaviors and patterns of a true pro. With that in mind, this chapter is a list of the most common things to do and to avoid if you want to be seen as an upstanding, right-minded professional in the PowerShell world.

18.1. Using source control

Professionals worry about their code. They want it to last. They want it to survive them, should they move on to another organization. They want their code to be taken seriously, and they want to be able to recover if they make a mistake. That’s where source ...