MCPmag

A Look at JSON and PowerShell

If you are not familiar with JSON, it stands for Java Script Object Notation and is an open standard format that uses human readable text for data interchanges. Despite its name, it is separate to ...
GitHub

Stoppers for using System.Text.Json in PowerShell ConvertTo-Json

There have been a couple of unsuccessful attempts in the PowerShell repository to migrate from NewtonSoft.Json on System.Text.Json . (The last one PowerShell/PowerShell#26654 (comment)) The problem ...
GitHub

ConvertTo-Json: implement "streaming" mode

Currently, the ConvertTo-Json cmdlet assembles all input objects into an in-memory List, then converts that to one Json string for output. This can be inefficient if there are many input objects.
Redmond Magazine

Using Configuration Files to Control PowerShell Scripts, Part 2: Building Blocks

In my previous article in this series, I explained that you can make your PowerShell scripts far more flexible and dynamic by leveraging a configuration file as opposed to hard coding all of the ...
Redmond Magazine

Using Configuration Files to Control PowerShell Scripts, Part 1: The Basics

Recently, I have been hard at work, creating some really complex PowerShell scripts related to a few projects that I have been working on. One of the big lessons that I have learned through all of ...