Archive for June, 2006

When in Doubt, Reflect.

Posted on June 18th, 2006 by aaron
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In the ongoing saga of my Newsgator Powershell provider (well, ongoing to me if not to you), I think there’s finally been a break in the case. As are so many other things, it’s all thanks to Lutz Roeder’s Reflector. I don’t think I can say enough about the usefulness of this tool.
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PowerShellIDE is Unleashed

Posted on June 7th, 2006 by aaron
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PowerShellIDE is the World’s first PowerShell Editor and IDE.
It is a graphical user interface that helps explore and exploit the vast power available with PowerShell. It contains a debugger, lets you step through PowerShell scripts, explore variables as you run your scripts and also supports many Intellisense-like functions.

This should help (somewhat!) with my little project!
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Windows Powershell documentation

Posted on June 4th, 2006 by aaron
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I realize that Windows Powershell does not have a production release (it’s at RC1), but the lack of documentation has been rather frustrating lately. Much of the docs online are empty and although downloading the code from the Community Extensions (via GotDotNet) was helpful, it still has a lot missing. So far the [...]

Jadon has arrived!

Posted on June 3rd, 2006 by aaron
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It’s with great happiness that I announce the birth of our son (our 2nd child), Jadon!
Vitals
Born: 05/24/2006 @ 12:06 PM
Weight: 9 lbs 1 oz
Height: 21 1/2 in
We’ve all gone into survival mode (although the addition of a mother-in-law for a week or more helps me out with sleep). And yet I’m still finding time [...]