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HCL vs. JSON: Configuration language uses, pros and cons

Infrastructure as code is a critical component of today's system management environment. Various configuration managers, such as Ansible, Puppet and Terraform, recognize and work with specific ...
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Using Configuration Files to Control PowerShell Scripts, Part 2: Building Blocks

In my previous article in this series, I explained that you can make your PowerShell scripts far more flexible and dynamic by leveraging a configuration file as opposed to hard coding all of the ...
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Stop writing JSON by hand, this is a much easier way to handle config files

JSON is a hugely popular format, used for configuration, API responses, game save data, and much more. But it has its critics, and JSON is not the only option. YAML is actually older than JSON, but ...
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Using Configuration Files to Control PowerShell Scripts, Part 3

Learn how to leverage configuration files to customize PowerShell scripts, including language, formatting and display settings, in this conclusion to a three-part series. In the previous article in ...