Salihan Zaol-kefli

Published in Government Digital Services, Singapore

·Mar 19

Using Terragrunt’s generate block to make your Terraform DRY

As you write more Terraform modules for your Infrastructure as Code (IaC), you will notice some repetitions across all your modules. An example of this is the providerblock. Terragrunt’s generate block can be used to eliminate this repetition and keep your Terraform DRY. Example Time Let’s say you have the following directory…

Terraform

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Published in Government Digital Services, Singapore

·Sep 7, 2019

You Can And Should Write Tests For Your Shell Scripts

As a Software Engineer implementing features for an application, it’s common practice to write tests that verify the logic behind it. But how about when you are writing shell scripts? I rarely see tests written for shell scripts and I think that is something that can be improved. Why I started writing tests for shell scripts As a…

Testing

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You Can And Should Write Tests For Your Shell Scripts

Aug 12, 2017

Running A JScript Script With Node.JS

If you find yourself needing to execute a JScript script with Node.js then this post is for you. Why would you want to do this? Well, read on. JScript vs JavaScript JScript and JavaScript are different dialects of the ECMAScript standard. With JScript you can do things with WMI, use ActiveXObject constructors and…

Nodejs

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Jan 29, 2017

Deleting Folders or Files That Have Long Paths

Ever wanted to delete a folder or a file only for Windows to complain that the path is too long? Robocopy to the rescue! Below are the steps: Create an empty folder (eg. temp_empty) in a directory of your choice. Open the the Command Prompt (search "cmd" for Windows 10…

Windows 10

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