I was thinking on the plane back from the PowerShell summit about the CRUD activities. They are a concept we have inherited from the database world:
C = Create
R = Read
U = Update
D= Delete
Create, Update and Delete correspond directly to the PowerShell verbs – New,Set and Remove respectively.
The Read action corresponds to the Get verb.
Well sort of.
Get-* is used in two distinct scenarios. Firstly we know of an object and we we want to read its properties – for example:
Get-Process -Name powershell
We are reading the information about the PowerShell process. That corresponds directly to the Read action in the CRUD paradigm.
However, we also use Get* when we want to Discover the processes that are running:
Get-Process
In which case we are Discovering the processes that are running.
I think its time to update the CRUD concept and make it DCRUD where D stands for discovery.
