{"id":37,"date":"2020-10-11T05:43:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T05:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theazurecloud.ninja\/?p=37"},"modified":"2020-10-11T05:43:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T05:43:19","slug":"starting-with-a-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuregovernanceguard.com\/?p=37","title":{"rendered":"Starting with a template"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All building steps start with a template a way of working so every team within the organization will have te same starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This blog is part of a series of blog about “Creating PowerShell modules with Azure Devops.<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the PowerShell modules building world this is no exceptions. There are multiple tools for accomplish this, but one of my favorite one is Plaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Plaster is a template-based file and project generator written in PowerShell. Its purpose is to streamline the creation of PowerShell module projects, Pester tests, DSC configurations, and more. File generation is performed using crafted templates which allow the user to fill in details and choose from options to get their desired output.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we can start using Plaster we need to do two things. First, we need to install Plaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Install-Module Plaster -Scope CurrentUser<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Second thing we need to do is download the PowerShell module template. This can be found here :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EelcoLabordus\/PowerShell-Module-Template (github.com)<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After downloading the binaries from GitHub you need to run the following command to start working with the Plaster template.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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PS C:\\> Invoke-Plaster -TemplatePath 'C:\\Repos\\Public\\Plaster_template' -DestinationPath 'C:\\Repos\\Private'\n ____  _           _\n |  _ \\| | __ _ ___| |_ ___ _ __\n | |_) | |\/ _` \/ __| __\/ _ \\ '__|\n |  __\/| | (_| \\__ \\ ||  __\/ |\n |_|   |_|\\__,_|___\/\\__\\___|_|\n                                            v1.1.3\n==================================================\nName of your module: TheAzureCloudNinjaModule\nBrief description on this module: This is a test module for The Azure Cloud Ninja\nName for the first public script: Import-TheAzureCloudNinja\nBrief description for the first public script: This is a test function for importing plaster stuff\nModule authors name: Azure Cloud Ninja\nWhat is the company Name the module is writen for.: \nWhat is the company Name the module is writen for.: The Azure Cloud Ninja\nProject Url location: https:\/\/www.theazurecloud.ninja\/\nDestination path: C:\\Repos\\Private\n      Creating folder structure        \n   Create .vscode\\\n   Create TheAzureCloudNinjaModule\\public\\\n   Create TheAzureCloudNinjaModule\\private\\\n   Create TheAzureCloudNinjaModule\\classes\\\n   Create TheAzureCloudNinjaModule\\data\\\n      Deploying files\n   Create .gitignore\n   Create azure-pipelines.yml\n   Create Module.build.ps1\n   Create Module.depend.psd1\n   Create .vscode\\launch.json\n   Create .vscode\\settings.json\n   Create .vscode\\PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1\n   Create TheAzureCloudNinjaModule\\TheAzureCloudNinjaModule.psm1\n   Create TheAzureCloudNinjaModule\\TheAzureCloudNinjaModule.psd1\n   Create TheAzureCloudNinjaModule\\TheAzureCloudNinjaModule.PSSATests.ps1\n   Create TheAzureCloudNinjaModule\\TheAzureCloudNinjaModule.Tests.ps1\n      Updating files\n   Create readme.md\n   Create LICENSE\n   Create docs\\about.md\n   Create docs\\acknowledgements.md\n   Create docs\\index.md\n   Create docs\\Quick-Start-Installation-and-Example.md\n   Create TheAzureCloudNinjaModule\\public\\Import-TheAzureCloudNinja.ps1\n   Create TheAzureCloudNinjaModule\\TheAzureCloudNinjaModule.nuspec\n   Update TheAzureCloudNinjaModule\\TheAzureCloudNinjaModule.psd1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
For more information about Plaster you can visit the site from David Christian. Working with Plaster<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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