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Peter_in_27801-Jul-22 15:26

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1-Jul-22 15:26

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OriginalGriff1-Jul-22 18:58

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1-Jul-22 18:58

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Not a wrod I use much in general conversation, but ... Laugh | :laugh:

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Peter_in_27801-Jul-22 19:56

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1-Jul-22 19:56

If it's 12345, then 312345 is more useful!

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OriginalGriff1-Jul-22 20:19

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ChandraRam1-Jul-22 20:40

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pkfox1-Jul-22 21:57

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Greg Utas2-Jul-22 0:42

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Cp-Coder2-Jul-22 4:21

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Vivi Chellappa2-Jul-22 7:47

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jmaida2-Jul-22 11:37

jmaida

2-Jul-22 11:37

still can't get wordle to post my results to here. cut and paste did not work either.

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PowerShell AND C#

MSBassSinger1-Jul-22 11:16

1-Jul-22 11:16

I am starting to learn PowerShell. I have avoided it for years, because whatever I needed to do beyond a simple BAT file, I could do in C#.

However, I am in a situation where I have to use PowerShell, so I am learning it.

One of the things I learned is that within a PowerShell script, you can call .cs files to run C# code. So this question came to mind, and I thought you all might have some opinions. I wrote a PS script that calls a .cs file and does exactly what I described. I have not mastered calling non-GAC .NET library DLLs yet, but I am working on it.

Why not use PowerShell as a management script, and write C# code to execute the "business logic"? I am not convinced that it is better to use PowerShell cmdlets to hack up some brittle script to do what can be more easily done in C#, which is far more capable and wider-ranging than PowerShell script.

This is a snippet from my script:

PowerShell

## Load the C# code file
## Namespace PSTest  
## Class SomeCSClass
$Source = Get-Content "SomeCSClass.cs" -Raw

## Add the class(es) from the C# code to use
Add-Type -TypeDefinition $Source

## Instantiate the object(s) 
$TestDLL = New-Object PSTest.SomeCSClass

## Build the path for test files (non-static method)
$TestFilePath = $TestDLL.GetCurrentDirectory() + "\PowerShell Example Files\"

## Get a list of files using C# code from a static method
$Files = [PSTest.SomeCSClass]::GetListOfFiles($TestFilePath, "*.txt", 0)

Your thoughts?

PIEBALDconsult1-Jul-22 11:33

PIEBALDconsult

1-Jul-22 11:33

I also avoid PowerShell, it's of no use to me either.

Richard Andrew x641-Jul-22 12:29

Richard Andrew x64

1-Jul-22 12:29

This is very welcome news. I might just want to learn PowerShell after all just for this capability.

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jmaida1-Jul-22 14:47

jmaida

1-Jul-22 14:47

Powershell+C#=cryptic^2
sorry no interest

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MSBassSinger2-Jul-22 3:38

2-Jul-22 3:38

Cryptic only if you are not familiar with C#. For someone who is used to the 40+ year old approach of scripting shells, they might find it easier to stay with scripting.

And if you don’t have to use scripting shells - don’t. It is a backwards way to get work done. But, in my case, I have no choice. Trying to convince a DevOps team they do not need scripting is a lost cause.

RickZeeland1-Jul-22 21:26

RickZeeland

1-Jul-22 21:26

I tried PowerShell a couple of times, but I agree that for a C# programmer the syntax is really awful.

modified 11-Nov-22 12:51pm.

MSBassSinger2-Jul-22 3:41

2-Jul-22 3:41

Years ago I wrote a C# DLL that allows my programs to take in raw C# cs files and run them as scripts.

Why PowerShell was created without the ability to natively use C# for scripting instead of that inane verb-noun syntax with the cryptic parameters is beyond me.

dandy722-Jul-22 2:57

dandy72

2-Jul-22 2:57

If all your business logic is C#, and you just read it in PS, you can't step through that code to debug it. Of course if that's already been thoroughly tested and you're dropping it in as-is, then it's not much of an issue.

PS can create/use the same .NET objects you're familiar with natively. Yes, the syntax can be non-intuitive at first, but once you get the hang on it, the benefit of being able to bang out a short script to automate some menial task beats having to fire up VS and build/compile an EXE every time you want to make a tiny change.

MSBassSinger2-Jul-22 3:34

2-Jul-22 3:34

PS syntax is not intuitive. It is awful to work with.

What I do is create a C# library DLL project, and write unit tests for the class(es). Then I include my ps1 file, which I can run from within VS by using the PS ISE, which loads the cs file.

That gives me good source control, good testing, and minimal “script kiddie” coding.

C# is far more versatile and elegant with which to code. Since our team standardized on PS long before I got there (DevOps stuff), it then is compatible with what others are doing by staying within the PS world.

dandy724-Jul-22 11:01

dandy72

4-Jul-22 11:01

MSBassSinger wrote:
C# is far more versatile and elegant with which to code

Well obviously. PS and C# serve completely different purposes.

Member 91670573-Jul-22 20:11

Member 9167057

3-Jul-22 20:11

You could also call .NET from PS. That way, you don't mix 2 languages. .NET methods don't look perfectly not-out-of-place in PS but the result will still be way more maintainable than calling C# files from PS.

MSBassSinger4-Jul-22 6:49

4-Jul-22 6:49

I find it easily maintainable.