Pester
5.1.0-beta2
Pester provides a framework for running BDD style Tests to execute and validate PowerShell commands inside of PowerShell and offers a powerful set of Mocking Functions that allow tests to mimic and mock the functionality of any command inside of a piece of PowerShell code being tested. Pester tests can execute any command or script that is accessible to a pester test
Pester provides a framework for running BDD style Tests to execute and validate PowerShell commands inside of PowerShell and offers a powerful set of Mocking Functions that allow tests to mimic and mock the functionality of any command inside of a piece of PowerShell code being tested. Pester tests can execute any command or script that is accessible to a pester test file. This can include functions, Cmdlets, Modules and scripts. Pester can be run in ad hoc style in a console or it can be integrated into the Build scripts of a Continuous Integration system.
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Minimum PowerShell version
3.0
This is a prerelease version of Pester.
There is a newer prerelease version of this module available.
See the version list below for details.
See the version list below for details.
Installation Options
Owners
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2020 by Pester Team, licensed under Apache 2.0 License.
Package Details
Author(s)
- Pester Team
Tags
powershell unit_testing bdd tdd mocking Windows Linux MacOS
Functions
Invoke-Pester Describe Context It Mock InModuleScope BeforeDiscovery BeforeAll BeforeEach AfterEach AfterAll Should Add-ShouldOperator Get-ShouldOperator Export-NUnitReport ConvertTo-NUnitReport ConvertTo-Pester4Result New-TestContainer Assert-VerifiableMock Assert-MockCalled Set-ItResult New-MockObject
PSEditions
Dependencies
This module has no dependencies.
Release Notes
FileList
- Pester.nuspec
- junit_schema_4.xsd
- nunit_schema_2.5.xsd
- Pester.psd1
- Pester.psm1
- report.dtd
- bin\net452\Pester.dll
- bin\net452\Pester.pdb
- bin\netstandard2.0\Pester.dll
- bin\netstandard2.0\Pester.pdb
- en-US\about_BeforeEach_AfterEach.help.txt
- en-US\about_Mocking.help.txt
- en-US\about_Pester.help.txt
- en-US\about_Should.help.txt
- en-US\about_TestDrive.help.txt
Version History
| Version | Downloads | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0.0-alpha5 | 300 | 10/30/2024 |
| 6.0.0-alpha4 | 1,599 | 7/5/2024 |
| 6.0.0-alpha3 | 98 | 6/26/2024 |
| 6.0.0-alpha2 | 33 | 6/26/2024 |
| 6.0.0-alpha1 | 2,190 | 6/5/2024 |
| 5.6.1 | 2,102,022 | 7/1/2024 |
| 5.6.0 | 274,529 | 6/5/2024 |
| 5.6.0-rc1 | 356 | 5/17/2024 |
| 5.6.0-beta1 | 757 | 4/25/2024 |
| 5.5.0 | 2,667,781 | 6/27/2023 |
| 5.5.0-rc1 | 873 | 6/16/2023 |
| 5.4.1 | 529,875 | 4/5/2023 |
| 5.4.0 | 593,949 | 1/10/2023 |
| 5.4.0-rc1 | 1,505 | 11/6/2022 |
| 5.3.3 | 1,684,453 | 4/29/2022 |
| 5.3.2 | 34,951 | 4/22/2022 |
| 5.3.1 | 1,103,787 | 9/21/2021 |
| 5.3.0 | 1,043,562 | 8/17/2021 |
| 5.3.0-rc1 | 469 | 8/3/2021 |
| 5.3.0-beta1 | 147 | 7/23/2021 |
| 5.3.0-alpha5 | 324 | 6/24/2021 |
| 5.3.0-alpha4 | 417 | 6/2/2021 |
| 5.3.0-alpha2 | 65 | 5/31/2021 |
| 5.3.0-alpha1 | 450 | 5/13/2021 |
| 5.2.2 | 585,701 | 5/27/2021 |
| 5.2.1 | 105,950 | 5/13/2021 |
| 5.2.0 | 51,795 | 5/6/2021 |
| 5.2.0-rc2 | 719 | 5/1/2021 |
| 5.2.0-rc1 | 772 | 4/25/2021 |
| 5.2.0-beta1 | 661 | 4/24/2021 |
| 5.2.0-alpha3 | 931 | 3/29/2021 |
| 5.2.0-alpha2 | 1,159 | 3/7/2021 |
| 5.2.0-alpha1 | 820 | 3/6/2021 |
| 5.1.1 | 1,023,614 | 12/11/2020 |
| 5.1.0 | 47,161 | 11/25/2020 |
| 5.1.0-rc2 | 5,075 | 11/19/2020 |
| 5.1.0-rc1 | 1,068 | 11/7/2020 |
| 5.1.0-beta4 | 773 | 11/1/2020 |
| 5.1.0-beta3 | 894 | 10/25/2020 |
| 5.1.0-beta2 (current version) | 1,033 | 10/7/2020 |
| 5.1.0-beta1 | 822 | 9/18/2020 |
| 5.0.5-beta1 | 942 | 9/4/2020 |
| 5.0.4 | 142,462 | 9/3/2020 |
| 5.0.4-beta1 | 554 | 8/13/2020 |
| 5.0.3 | 116,041 | 8/8/2020 |
| 5.0.2 | 251,346 | 6/2/2020 |
| 5.0.1 | 145,494 | 5/28/2020 |
| 5.0.0 | 38,383 | 5/27/2020 |
| 5.0.0-rc9 | 1,343 | 5/16/2020 |
| 5.0.0-rc8 | 1,015 | 5/14/2020 |
| 5.0.0-rc7 | 792 | 5/12/2020 |
| 5.0.0-rc6 | 2,774 | 5/4/2020 |
| 5.0.0-rc5 | 1,721 | 4/24/2020 |
| 5.0.0-rc4 | 832 | 4/20/2020 |
| 5.0.0-rc3 | 1,046 | 4/14/2020 |
| 5.0.0-rc1 | 1,233 | 4/4/2020 |
| 5.0.0-beta | 1,323 | 2/8/2020 |
| 5.0.0-alpha4 | 1,534 | 5/26/2019 |
| 5.0.0-alpha3 | 1,545 | 3/23/2019 |
| 4.10.2-beta1 | 371 | 5/29/2021 |
| 4.10.1 | 7,213,899 | 2/7/2020 |
| 4.10.0 | 499,278 | 2/1/2020 |
| 4.9.0 | 1,022,527 | 9/8/2019 |
| 4.8.1 | 507,666 | 5/11/2019 |
| 4.8.0 | 58,079 | 5/1/2019 |
| 4.7.3 | 113,320 | 3/23/2019 |
| 4.7.2 | 57,082 | 3/8/2019 |
| 4.7.1 | 19,869 | 3/5/2019 |
| 4.7.0 | 32,031 | 3/3/2019 |
| 4.7.0-beta1 | 747 | 2/23/2019 |
| 4.6.0 | 285,315 | 1/21/2019 |
| 4.5.0 | 96,132 | 1/10/2019 |
| 4.5.0-beta2 | 754 | 1/5/2019 |
| 4.5.0-beta1 | 834 | 12/20/2018 |
| 4.4.4 | 26,909 | 1/3/2019 |
| 4.4.3 | 45,251 | 12/11/2018 |
| 4.4.2 | 160,606 | 10/3/2018 |
| 4.4.1 | 23,769 | 9/26/2018 |
| 4.4.0 | 108,458 | 7/20/2018 |
| 4.4.0-beta2 | 23,134 | 7/8/2018 |
| 4.4.0-beta | 23,089 | 5/6/2018 |
| 4.3.1 | 353,144 | 2/20/2018 |
| 4.2.0 | 26,525 | 2/18/2018 |
| 4.2.0-alpha3 | 22,775 | 12/17/2017 |
| 4.2.0-alpha2 | 22,747 | 12/12/2017 |
| 4.2.0-alpha1 | 47,748 | 12/12/2017 |
| 4.1.1 | 154,282 | 12/9/2017 |
| 4.1.0 | 95,702 | 11/15/2017 |
| 4.0.8 | 87,177 | 9/15/2017 |
| 4.0.7 | 7,567 | 9/13/2017 |
| 4.0.6 | 82,682 | 8/17/2017 |
| 4.0.5 | 80,823 | 7/25/2017 |
| 4.0.4 | 21,039 | 7/14/2017 |
| 4.0.3 | 175,036 | 3/22/2017 |
| 4.0.2 | 15,255 | 1/18/2017 |
| 3.4.6 | 18,043 | 1/13/2017 |
| 3.4.5 | 967 | 1/12/2017 |
| 3.4.3 | 32,432 | 8/26/2016 |
| 3.4.2 | 4,256 | 8/2/2016 |
| 3.4.1 | 1,672 | 7/22/2016 |
| 3.4.0 | 43,768 | 3/1/2016 |
| 3.3.14 | 1,252 | 12/16/2015 |
| 3.3.13 | 359 | 12/10/2015 |
| 3.3.12 | 314 | 12/8/2015 |
| 3.3.11 | 760 | 9/8/2015 |
| 3.3.10 | 478 | 8/14/2015 |
| 3.3.9 | 5,472 | 5/24/2015 |
| 3.3.8 | 418 | 4/15/2015 |
| 3.3.7 | 297 | 4/15/2015 |
| 3.3.6 | 342 | 3/19/2015 |
| 3.3.5 | 892 | 1/23/2015 |
| 3.3.4 | 314 | 1/22/2015 |
| 3.2.0 | 699 | 12/3/2014 |
| 3.1.1 | 352 | 10/30/2014 |
| 3.0.3 | 388 | 10/11/2014 |