How To Test Powershell With Pester

Learn how to automate testing powershell using Pester in easy way

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

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 ExamplesThe course has been structured in such a manner that everything will be easy to Learn and easy to understand.Framework of PowerShell TestingWhat is Describe, it and Context blocksWriting Test case under Single contextWriting Test case under Multiple contextRunning tests and interpreting resultsMocking in PesterWhat is MockingMocking custom functionMocking built-in cmdletsWhat is Before AllBefore All ExampleWhat is Before EachBefore Each Examplewhat are advanced Assert (e.g., Should -Be, Should -Contain)Assert For single values exampleAssert For Multiple values exampleExceptions Handling ScenariosExceptions Testing Example(Negative cases testing)Parameterized TestsWhat is parameterized testingParameterized tests usingCode Coverage and ReportingWhat is code coverageCode Coverage ExampleTesting trough invokingThe above topics ensures you to get started with the PowerShell testing including unit testing and integration testing and others

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Instructor Introduction & Important Note

Section 2: Pester Basics

Lecture 2 What is pester and uses of Pester

Lecture 3 Installing Pester

Section 3: Writing Tests

Lecture 4 Pester Test Structure

Lecture 5 Writing First Test Case

Lecture 6 Writing Test case under Multiple context

Lecture 7 Understanding Results

Lecture 8 Testing powerShell Script Example

Section 4: Mocking in Pester

Lecture 9 What is Mocking?

Lecture 10 Mocking Example

Lecture 11 Mocking built-in cmdlets

Lecture 12 Before Each Example

Lecture 13 Before All Example

Section 5: Working on Assertions

Lecture 14 Single values Assertions example

Lecture 15 Multiple values Assertions example

Lecture 16 Testing Exceptions Example(For Negative Scenarios)

Section 6: Parameterized Tests

Lecture 17 What is Parameterized testing or Data Driven Testing

Lecture 18 Parameterized testing example

Section 7: Code Coverage

Lecture 19 What is Code Coverage

Lecture 20 Code Coverage Example

Lecture 21 Invoke example

Section 8: Final Notes

Lecture 22 Reference

Lecture 23 Thanks You!

Who wants to Learn testing specific to powershell