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First of all, congratulations! It looks to me like a lot of learning is going on; the 2nd event entries look really good to me. I especially liked the way a number of you built up a one-liner by starting with a_ Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName (Get-Content file.txt)_ and piping it …
While reviewing Event 1 (and now Event 2) I’ve seen some scripts that don’t quite have the correct pipeline support and others that do a great job with it. Whether it is an unneeded Begin or End statement, or throwing everything into a Process block and not quite getting the expected …
Jeff Wouters gave an excellent presentation via Lync on: Avoiding the pipeline - Improving your learning curve - Improving your teaching curve John Mello gave a presentation and demo of script that uses Exchange multi-valued custom attributes to store information on when to remove users from a …
I thought I’d mentioned this last time (tap tap, this thing on?), but maybe not: don’t format the output of your functions. The minute a function includes Format-*, you’ve trapped me into on-screen display, a text file or piece of paper modeled after the on-screen display, or not a …
I continue to be amused by folks’ reactions to the Games this year. There’s been some buzz on Twitter this morning from folks who feel some of their comments - and the corresponding low scores - aren’t warranted. In a couple of cases I’ve looked at, they’re right - …
We’re pleased to announce the winners for Event 1 of The Scripting Games 2013! Winners: You can log into The Scripting Games Web site and go to your Profile page to see your prize. You will be given a prize redemption code and either a URL where you can redeem it, or an e-mail address of the …
Aaron Hoover, one of our Summit attendees, was kind enough to record via webcam the sessions he attended - and he’s posted about 13 hours of video on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. What I’d like to know from you, if you don’t mind dropping a comment below, is what you think of …
I haven’t received any negative feedback on idea to blog about “how would I do it” (what you think about my approach is different topic) so I decided to continue. Again: because I don’t want to be influenced by your ideas and make my task as close to your work as possible I …
Event 2 has closed for submissions and will open for voting later this evening. Good luck! And voters: remember that quality comments will vastly increase your chances of winning a prize!
The Scripting Games 2013 winners have not yet been announced, but for the 3rd year running, I’m in the lead for the “Learned Most from the Scripting Games” award. I’m making space for the prize on my bookshelf. Seriously, I play with PowerShell all the time and read lots of …
