4 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
undergroundwires
db47440d47 Improve existing documentation
Improve documentation for different markdown documentation files. Goal
is to simplify and make the language and content more clear.
2022-01-30 13:15:34 +01:00
undergroundwires
20b7d283b0 Add support for more depth in function calls
It allow pipes to be used in nested functions. Before, pipes were added
to a variable before variable content was evaluated/compiled by
another function. This commit ensures that the commits are evaluted in
expected order.

The issue is solved by stopping precompiling functions. It makes code
less complex. It adds to compile time of the script file but nothing
noticable and something optimizable.

The problem was that the call trees we're not executed in expected
order. E.g. let's say we have functionA that outputs something like
"Hello {{ $name| pipe }}", and we have function B calling with "name:
dear {{ $firstName}}", and at last we have a script that's calling
function B with "firstName: undergroundwires". Before, expressions were
evaluated directly, meaning that function A would become:
"Hello Dear {{ $firstName}}", as you see the pipe in function A
is lost here after being applied to function B and not reaching
$firstTime input value. Parsing expressions in the end allows for pipes
etc. to not get lost.

The commit also does necessary name refactorings and folder refactorings
to reflect logical changes. `FunctionCompiler` is renamed to
`SharedFunctionsParser` as precompiling is removed and it just simply
parses now. `/FunctionCall/` is moved to `/Function/Call`.

Finally, it improves documentation and adds more tests.
2021-10-04 18:13:25 +01:00
undergroundwires
5217b0b758 Add pipes to write pretty PowerShell #53
This commit introduces two pipes: `inlinePowerShell`,
`escapeDoubleQuotes`. The types when used together allows writing adding
clean and real PowerShell scripts as they are (without inlinining or
escaping them), removing the need to have hard-coded inlining/escaping.

It enables writing better PowerShell, makes it easier to maintain and
extend PowerShell scripts. Also allows writing more stable code with
less "unseen" bugs due to manual escaping/inlining. This commit
naturally reveals and fixes double quotes not being escaped in "Empty
trash bin" script.

This is solved by unifying the use of RunPowerShell function by all
scripts using PowerShell. The function inlines and escapes the scripts
as compile time to be send them to PowerShell.exe as an argument and
then invokes PowerShell.exe with generated ugly code.
2021-09-13 21:23:57 +01:00
undergroundwires
4d7ff7edc5 Add support for pipes in templates #53
The goal is to be able to modify values of variables used in templates.
It enables future functionality such as escaping, inlining etc.

It adds support applying predefined pipes to variables. Pipes
can be applied to variable substitution in with and parameter
substitution expressions. They work in similar way to piping in Unix
where each pipe applied to the compiled result of pipe before.

It adds support for using pipes in `with` and parameter substitution
expressions. It also refactors how their regex is build to reuse more of
the logic by abstracting regex building into a new class.

Finally, it separates and extends documentation for templating.
2021-09-08 18:58:30 +01:00