PS Unit Test Framework, boilerplate repository

This repo has sample powershell scripts with pester unit testing framework integrated to generate test and coverage reports

Steps

• Clone the repo to ur local machine.
• Open powershell editor and execute TestExecutor.ps1

 .\TestExecutor.ps1

• Observe a folder named "artifacts" will be created
• Check all the files in that folder.

Note: Before you clone this repo and run the test cases, set the execution policy in your machine to unrestricted

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

*Files

• AnalyzedFiles.txt - this text file list all the files which were used to generate code coverage reports
• CoverageReport.html - shows the code coverage report. When file is opened in browser, the last column in the file shows the percentage of the code coverage
• HitCommands.html - has all the PS code that was his during pester test execution, helps cross verify coverage report
• TestResults.html - has the test execution results. If any pester test case fails then its easy to narrow down on the test case.

Start your project with inbuilt unit testing and report generation framework

• Download repository and add your powershell scripts in scripts folder
• Unit test for new scripts goes into unittest folder
• And you’re done.
• Just use TestExecutor.ps1 to unit test your scripts and generate reports in artifacts folder.
• This can be integrated into your build pipeline and additional scripts can be written to fail the build on errors/ uncovered code