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How to Test PowerShell with Pester
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17 students

How to Test PowerShell with Pester

Learn how to automate testing powershell using Pester in easy way
Last updated 3/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • By end of the Course You will be able to write the unit testing , Integration testing for powershell scripts and modules by mocking data
  • You will able to automate the testing of powershell scripts and modules
  • You will learn how to perform Code coverage of powershell
  • You Can easily mock the data for testing
  • You will be able to use the advanced assertion for complex testing
  • You can perform multiple similar testing with single test case
  • You can perform testing for Exception handling scenarios and negative scenarios

Course content

8 sections23 lectures2h 13m total length
  • Instructor Introduction & Important Note1:52

Requirements

  • PowerShell

Description

This is the first course for this topic which is very much needed in the IT.

By end of the Course You will be able to write the unit testing , Integration testing for powershell scripts and modules by mocking data. You will be able to learn all the following below topics with simple and good Examples

The course has been structured in such a manner that everything will be easy to Learn and easy to understand.


Framework of PowerShell Testing

What is Describe, it and Context blocks

Writing Test case under Single context

Writing Test case under Multiple context

Running tests and interpreting results

Mocking in Pester

What is Mocking

Mocking custom function

Mocking built-in cmdlets

What is Before All

Before All Example

What is Before Each

Before Each Example

what are advanced Assert (e.g., Should -Be, Should -Contain)

Assert For single values example

Assert For Multiple values example

Exceptions Handling Scenarios

Exceptions Testing Example(Negative cases testing)

Parameterized Tests

What is parameterized testing

Parameterized tests using

Code Coverage and Reporting

What is code coverage

Code Coverage Example

Testing trough invoking


The above topics ensures you to get started with the PowerShell testing including unit testing and integration testing and others

Who this course is for:

  • Who wants to Learn testing specific to powershell