PowerShell Script Publishing Best Practices

Creating Modules

#TO-DO:

Documenting

PowerShell style guide

Linting

• Best Practices and Style Guide
• also here

In VS Code:

{
    "powershell.codeFormatting.preset": "OTBS",
    "editor.formatOnSave": true
}

Versioning

• Semantic versioning
• A discussion on BUILD and REVISION
• Microsoft’s take from the Engineering Fundamentals Playbook

Changelog

• How to create a good changelog
• PowerShell module to do it
• Description of how to use the module

Licensing

Choose a License

Putting it together

Think of using a scaffolding tool such as Plaster… available here …which is now undergoing changes to make it up-to-date with PowerShell 7 Good guides on how to use it:

• Working with Plaster
• Levelling up with Plaster