using Maths = System.Math;
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T4 Templates
Here is a sample tt template (sample.tt):
<#@ output extension=”.txt” #>
<# for(int i =0; i < 10; i++) {#>
<#=i #>
<# }
#>
<#@ include file=”testme.t4″ #>
I can see how useful this can be in reducing repetative code.
Remote version of Get-Service
This is a powershell version of get-service that works across remote machines (provided that you have sufficient access to the box).
function Get-ServiceRemote($computerName = “.”)
{
Get-WmiObject win32_service -ComputerName . | sort Name | select SystemName,State,Name,DisplayName
}
This can be passed through ft -Auto to become more readable.
A few scripts like these could be of great use in checking the state of a remote system.
Json.Net Parsing Example
I have been looking at how to easily consume json from C#.
Given the source of the data I don’t want to create specific types (I’ll be creating a dynamic wpf control to allow editing of json read from a configuration database).
This requires newtonsoft.json to be pulled from nuget and a reference made to newtonsoft.json.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
namespace SimpleJsonTest
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string json = @"[{""First"":""Chris"",""LastName"":""Pietschmann""}, {""First"":""Chris"",""LastName"":""Eyre""}]";
List<Dictionary> values = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Dictionary>>(json);
Console.WriteLine( string.Join(",", values[0].Keys));
Console.WriteLine(string.Join(",", values[0].Values));
Console.WriteLine(string.Join(",", values[1].Values));
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
StudioShell and the Debugger
This is a wonderful article on using StudioShell with the visual studio debugger.
This artictle shows how to script the local variables of the currently debugged process.
Given StudioShell has out-html and out-chart this allows the dynamic creation of visualised data straight from the current debug session.
StudioShell is a powershell console that is embedded into visual studio (it can also be invoked from the NuGet console).
It exposes the visual studio extension api known as dte as a set of powershell scripts.
Silverlight Problems With BooleanToVisibilityConverter
BooleanToVisibilityConverter does not appear to work as expected in Silverlight 4.
This will magically return true for a missing value. This is annoying when you expect the value to be hidden.
BDD for Powershell
Here is a powershell declarative language that can be used to check deployments.
AddReference from the Nuget Package Manager
This is a very useful addition to Nuget.
http://nuget.org/packages/AddReference
It allows command-line addition of packages to the current project.
It appears that if you need to add an explicit path (i.e. outside current directory or gac) then you can include the file extenstion.
Developer Rants 