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O. HeaumeGetting Started with Pester 5https://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0306-2_3

3. Writing Your First Tests

Owen Heaume1  
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West Sussex, UK
 

With a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts, it’s time to roll up your sleeves and start writing your first Pester tests. But before we dive into the practical aspects, let’s familiarize ourselves with some essential Pester cmdlets.

Pester Cmdlets

Pester, the PowerShell testing framework, features a collection of 28 cmdlets, including two aliases, as depicted in Figure 3-1. You will find yourself concentrating on approximately 13 or 14 of these cmdlets initially, streamlining the learning process. That’s under ...

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