Toolbox for scripters for common patterns

[powercode]

I would like to see classes shipping with PowerShell geared towards scripters implementing advanced functions.

With common patterns I mean path processing, with or w/o globbing, Include/Exclude filtering,
Progress management (percent complete/seconds remaining), creation of error records etc.

All these things that we write over and over again.

[rkeithhill]

You're right - it's a lot of boiler plate crap that is a PITA to have to write. I've added snippets for some of this (primarily path processing) to the PowerShell extension for VSCode. It seems like path processing is so common that there would be a specific PathParameterAttribute that would move all the grungy boiler plate code into PowerShell and provide your script's [string] or [string[]] parameter with all the properly resolved (tested for existence if the path must exist) and error appropriately (like when a "must exist" path doesn't exist). Ah, I can dream. :-)

[powercode]

Wow, this issue really attracted a lot of attention :)

Is it better to open multiple issues with more specific suggestions?

[lzybkr]

Yeah, I'd say more specific issues would help drive something forwards.

[powercode]

What would be a good namespace for such tools?
SMA.Util?
SMA.Common?
SMA.SDK?

[ThomasNieto]

Similar issue #6745

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