Episode 158 – Phil Haack and Andrew Nurse from Microsoft about NuGet and PSGet
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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Phil Haack and Andrew Nurse from Microsoft about NuGet and PSGet
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Sean Kearney"™s PowerShell Deep Dive video is up! [Integrating PowerShell with Legacy Environments](http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/deep-dive-video-integrating-powershell-with-legacy-environments-sean-kearney/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DmitrysPowerblog+%28Dmitry%27s+PowerBlog%29)
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[PowerSE is now a free PowerShell editor!](http://powerwf.com/products/powerse.aspx)
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Doug Finke is presenting on ShowUI at the [NYC .NET meetup Tuesday August 16th](http://www.dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2011/08/10/i-am-presenting-at-the-nyc-net-meetup-this-month/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DevelopmentInABlink+%28Development+in+a+Blink%29)
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ITPro Evangelist Matt Hester will be at the [Central Ohio PowerShell Users Group Meeting September 29th](http://powershellgroup.org/content/central-ohio-powershell-users-group-meeting-guest-matt-hester)
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A PowerShell users group is [starting up in New Delhi](http://powershellgroup.org/NewDelhi)
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The next [Atlanta PowerShell User Group meeting is August 16th](http://powershellgroup.org/content/atlanta-dataontap-powershell-toolkit-presented-glenn-sizemore)
Interview
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[Nuget Codeplex site](http://nuget.codeplex.com/)
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[http://www.myget.org/](http://www.myget.org/)
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[PSGet-compatible nuget packages](http://nuget.org/List/Search?packageType=Packages&searchCategory=All+Categories&searchTerm=psget&sortOrder=package-download-count&pageSize=10)
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[Nuget Gallery](http://nuget.org/)
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[Phil Haack"™s blog](http://haacked.com/)
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[Andrew Nurse"™s blog](http://vibrantcode.com/)
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[PSGet website](http://code.andrewnurse.net/psget)
Buzz from the Chatroom:
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[21:53:07] Can NuGet be used in place of exported project/item templates in visual studio Resources
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[21:56:14] ##So Will NuGet be able to keep PowerShell Modules up to date?
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[21:59:26] ## Doesn't "˜install-pspackage"™ break the naming convention?
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## How does the "owner" of an open source powershell module get their module added to the public feed?
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[22:12:09] ## Is there any thought as to how to handle different types of packages... VS libraries, PowerShell Modules, etc.
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[22:12:50] ## any chance we'll see a nuget repository powershell provider?
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[22:17:46] ## if the goal is to support OSS, why allow private repositories?
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[22:28:51] ## Can you add contributors to a package, so they could upload new versions?
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[22:29:22] ## any security concerns with downloading a nuget package? Â if vs is running as an admin and installs a package, any chance the package can contain a bomb?
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[22:30:05] ## Along with Beefarino's question are the packages signed?
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[22:34:08] ## any way to have someone's API key revoked?
Questions:
Superhero:
Andrew: ScottGu
Phil: Marcy McFly
Resources
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[PowerCLI Book: The Module!](http://www.powerclibook.com/powercli-book-download-scripts-functions-and-modules/)
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[Using Splatting to Pass Parameters](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tobias/archive/2011/08/03/clever-splatting-to-pass-optional-parameters.aspx)
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[Four great PowerShell videos from Interface Technical Training featuring Don Jones](http://blogs.interfacett.com/tech-immersion-2011-download-the-powershell-presentation-by-jason-helmick-don-jones-and-james-brundage)
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[Filtering Empty Values in PowerShell](http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2011/08/filtering-empty-values-in-powershell/)
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[PowerWPF for WPF beginners](http://devinfra-us.blogspot.com/2011/07/powerwpf-powershell-wpf-project_22.html)