Mastering Making Modules
summary
Says modules are just scripts plus metadata and proves it by building a psm1/psd1 module live, then shows tooling that compiles those files: pipes script to expand and compile PowerShell, easy out to generate types and formatters, and psvg to generate 4 MB of code from the SVG schema. Demos include a tiny fubar module, shape‑shifting objects via PS type names, event logging, and a GitHub Actions publish pipeline via PS devops. Demos mostly run though a few connectivity glitches occur.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:08PowerShell modules
- 8:15Modules as building blocks
- 26:16Modules as scripts
- 34:16Module basics recap
- 45:09Module creation tools
- 1:09:46Tools for module development
- 1:11:30Flexible functions
- 1:40:31Advanced function design
- 2:03:50Compiling commands
- 2:17:55Pseudotypes and decoration
- 2:44:02Formatting with Easy Out
- 3:00:09Publishing modules
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