2019-11-30

Teach Splating or Die!

Intro

This post is directed at mentors, trainers, documentation authors, and forum/chat helpers in the PowerShell community. This post is not a tutorial on splatting. I think the topic of splatting has been covered very well by many others.

I am imploring those of you in the PowerShell community to teach splatting early and often. By early, I mean it should be covered in the first few lessons of any 101 materials. By often, I mean that you should stop using backticks and consider using splats for any thing that uses 3 or more parameters.

I have had many discussions with many community leaders over the years and I'm a bit disappointed in the general aversion to teaching splatting as a part of introductory PowerShell. I have heard endless excuses that all sound like "my students are stupid" in my head. I'm sure many of you are making such arguments with the kindest of intentions, but I can't help but think you are insulting PowerShell novices.

I hope this blog post can assist in changing your mind and provide some guidance on how to approach teaching the subject early and often.

2019-05-18

Call For Presenters: The PowerShell Conference Book Volume 2

https://get-powershellblog.blogspot.com/2019/05/call-for-presenters-powershell.html

Calling All PowerShell and DevOps Authors, Presenters, Bloggers, and Enthusiasts!

The Call for Presenters (authors) is open for “The PowerShell Conference Book: Volume 2” until Friday May 31 at 11:00 PM EST. We are looking for one chapter per author on the topics of PowerShell and DevOps. All proceeds for the book will go to the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit OnRamp Scholarships.
Those interested should submit a chapter abstract to the PSConfBook 2 CFP form at http://bit.ly/PSConfBook2CFP before the deadline. Authors may submit multiple abstracts, but only one abstract per author will be selected for inclusion in the book.