Matt had to cancel so we had a mini-scripting games. Bellow are the challenges. Challenge 1 Generate a list of US Presidents sorted by...
Tag: Scripting Games
Episode 273 - PowerScripting Podcast - The Scripting Games Team Winners
A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Stephen Owen, Julie Andreacola and Jason Morgan about...
Closing the Games
The judging is complete for the fourth and final event in the 2014 Winter Scripting Games. This Games was something very different in that we...
Using PowerShell Parameter Validation to Make Your Day Easier
A number of entries in the Winter Scripting Games use parameter validation, but some that I have seen may not be using it correctly or...
PowerShell Tip from the Head Coach of the 2014 Winter Scripting Games: Design for Performance and Efficiency!
There are several concepts that come to mind when discussing the topic of designing your PowerShell commands for performance and efficiency, but in my opinion...
Adding and Removing Items from a PowerShell Array
Adding and removing Items from a PowerShell array is a topic which can lead to some confusion, so here are a few tips for you....
Testing for Admin Privileges in PowerShell
Sometimes when running a PowerShell script you may need to test at the beginning whether the process it was called from had Windows admin privileges...
Winter Scripting Games 2014 Tip #2: Use #Requires to let PowerShell do the work for you
In Version 2 of PowerShell, you had the ability to use #Requires –Version 2.0 to ensure that your scripts/functions would only run at a specified PowerShell...
How to make your submissions look good in the Scripting Games site's File window.
In the course of participating in the practice event, and working on event 1, I've noticed a couple of things about the way files are...
Scripting Games 2014 - event submission tip
I've testing out the judging system using the practice event and one thing jumped out at me. It was a lot easier to understand the...