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All non-static member functions have a hidden parameter, a pointer to an instance of the class, named this; this parameter is silently inserted at the beginning of the parameter list, and handled entirely by the compiler. When a member of the class is accessed inside a member function, it is silent...

configuration EnableIISFeature { node localhost { WindowsFeature IIS { Ensure = “Present” Name = “Web-Server” } } } If you run this configuration in Powershell (EnableIISFeature), it will produce a localho...

Starting a DSC on a remote machine is almost just as simple. Assuming you've already set up Powershell remoting (or enabled WSMAN). $remoteComputer = "myserver.somedomain.com" $cred = (Get-Credential) Start-DSCConfiguration -ServerName $remoteComputer -Credential $cred -Verbose Nb: A...

Sometimes it can be useful to test your Powershell data files and iterate through the nodes and servers. Powershell 5 (WMF5) added this neat little feature for doing this called Import-PowerShellDataFile . Example: $data = Import-PowerShellDataFile -path .\MydataFile.psd1 $data.AllNodes

Before you can use a resource in a configuration, you must explicitly import it. Just having it installed on your computer, will not let you use the resource implicitly. Import a resource by using Import-DscResource . Example showing how to import the PSDesiredStateConfiguration resource and the F...

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Passwords should never be stored as plain text! They should be hashed with a randomly generated salt (to defend against rainbow table attacks) using a slow password hashing algorithm. A high number of iterations (> 10k) can be used to slow down brute force attacks. A delay of ~100ms is acceptable...

Apart from primitives, the Explicit Layout structs (Unions) in C#, can also contain other Structs. As long as a field is a Value type and not a Reference, it can be contained in a Union: using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; // The struct needs to be annotated as "Explici...

Signing a script is done by using the Set-AuthenticodeSignature-cmdlet and a code-signing certificate. #Get the first available personal code-signing certificate for the logged on user $cert = @(Get-ChildItem -Path Cert:\CurrentUser\My -CodeSigningCert)[0] #Sign script using certificate Se...

To change the execution policy for the default scope (LocalMachine), use: Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned To change the policy for a specific scope, use: Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy AllSigned You can suppress the prompts by adding the -Force switch.

Often you might need to execute an unsigned script that doesn't comply with the current execution policy. An easy way to do this is by bypassing the execution policy for that single process. Example: powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\MyUnsignedScript.ps1 Or you can use the shorthan...

Get information about the Authenticode signature from a signed script by using the Get-AuthenticodeSignature-cmdlet: Get-AuthenticodeSignature .\MyScript.ps1 | Format-List *

When signing personal scripts or when testing code signing it can be useful to create a self-signed code signing certificate. 5.0 Beginning with PowerShell 5.0 you can generate a self-signed code signing certificate by using the New-SelfSignedCertificate-cmdlet: New-SelfSignedCertificate -Friendl...

Dynamic SQL enables us to generate and run SQL statements at run time. Dynamic SQL is needed when our SQL statements contains identifier that may change at different compile times. Simple Example of dynamic SQL: CREATE PROC sp_dynamicSQL @table_name NVARCHAR(20), @col_name NVARCHAR(2...

Sometimes a new Java programmer will write code like this: public void check(boolean ok) { if (ok == true) { // Note 'ok == true' System.out.println("It is OK"); } } An experienced programmer would spot that as being clumsy and want to rewrite it as: publ...

import XCTest @testable import PersonApp class PersonTests: XCTestCase { func test_completeName() { let person = Person(firstName: "Josh", lastName: "Brown") XCTAssertEqual(person.completeName(), "Josh Brown") } } Now let's discuss wh...

Unity networking provides the High Level API (HLA) to handle network communications abstracting from low level implementations. In this example we will see how to create a Server that can communicate with one or multiple clients. The HLA allows us to easily serialize a class and send objects of ...

Adding tags to "describe" or "it" blocks allows you to run only those examples with a given tag. Use the --tag (or -t) option to run examples that match a specified tag. The tag can be a simple name or a name:value pair. If a simple name is supplied, only examples with :name...

In features/step_definitions/documentation.rb: When /^I go to the "([^"]+)" documentation$/ do |section| path_part = case section when "Documentation" "documentation" else raise "Unknown documentation section: #{section...

$ npm install -g parse-server mongodb-runner $ mongodb-runner start $ parse-server --appId APPLICATION_ID --masterKey MASTER_KEY --databaseURI mongodb://localhost/test You can use any arbitrary string as your application id and master key. These will be used by your clients to authenticate with...