feat: Add ExpiryDate to tips to remove them after they are no longer relavent

Changelog.md

@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 This page is a list of _notable_ changes made in each version.
 Every time a tip is added the patch version is incremented, so there will be a lot of patch version changes not documented here.
 
+## v1.1.0 - February 4, 2024
+
+Features:
+
+- Added an `ExpiryDate` property to the `PowerShellTip` class to allow tips to be automatically removed after a certain date.
+  This is useful for tips that are no longer relevant after a certain date, such as tips about a specific event or conference.
+
 ## v1.0.0 - October 16, 2023
 
 Features:

build/Convert-PowerShellTipFilesToJsonFile.ps1

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Write-Verbose "Finding all PowerShell tip files in '$powerShellTipsDirectoryPath
 
 [System.Collections.ArrayList] $tips = @()
 [int] $numberOfTipFiles = $tipFilePaths.Count
+[int] $numberOfExpiredTipFiles = 0
 
 Write-Verbose "Reading in and validating $numberOfTipFiles PowerShell tip files."
 foreach ($tipFilePath in $tipFilePaths)
@@ -37,13 +38,22 @@ foreach ($tipFilePath in $tipFilePaths)
 
 	$tip.TrimAllProperties()
 	$tip.Validate()
+
+	if ($tip.ExpiryDate -lt [DateTime]::Today)
+	{
+		Write-Verbose "Skipping expired tip: $($tip.Title)"
+		$numberOfExpiredTipFiles++
+		continue
+	}
+
 	$tips.Add($tip) > $null
 }
 
 [int] $numberOfTips = $tips.Count
-if ($numberOfTips -ne $numberOfTipFiles)
+[int] $numberOfNonExpiredTipFiles = $numberOfTipFiles - $numberOfExpiredTipFiles
+if ($numberOfTips -ne $numberOfNonExpiredTipFiles)
 {
-	throw "Found $numberOfTipFiles tip files, but read in $numberOfTips tips. The number of tip files and tips should match."
+	throw "Found $numberOfNonExpiredTipFiles non-expired tip files ($numberOfTipFiles files, but $numberOfExpiredTipFiles were expired), but read in $numberOfTips tips. The number of non-expired tip files and tips should match."
 }
 
 if ($numberOfTips -eq 0)

deploy/Invoke-SmokeTests.ps1

@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 # These tests are runs as part of the deployment process to ensure the newly published module is working as expected.
 # These tests run against the installed module, not the source code, so they do not use mocks and are more of a real-world test.
 # Since mocks are not used, we must be careful to not rely on state stored on the machine, such as the module Configuration file.
+# To run these tests on your local machine, see the comments in the BeforeAll block.
 
 BeforeAll {
 	Import-Module -Name tiPS -Force
+
+	# To run these tests on your local machine, comment out the Import-Module command above and uncomment the one below.
+	# 	Do this to use the module version from source code, not the installed version.
+	# 	This is necessary to test functionality that you've added to the module, but have not yet published and installed.
+	# Import-Module "$PSScriptRoot\..\src\tiPS" -Force
 }
 
 Describe 'Get-PowerShellTip' {
@@ -34,6 +40,12 @@ Describe 'Get-PowerShellTip' {
 			$allTips | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty
 			$allTips.Count | Should -BeGreaterThan 2
 		}
+
+		It 'Should not return any expired tips, as they should have been removed during initialization' {
+			$allTips = Get-PowerShellTip -All
+			$expiredTips = $allTips.Values | Where-Object { $_.ExpiryDate -lt [DateTime]::Today }
+			$expiredTips | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
+		}
 	}
 }
 

src/CSharpClasses/tiPSClasses/PowerShellTip.cs

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class PowerShellTip
 		public string Example { get; set; }
 		public string[] Urls { get; set; }
 		public TipCategory Category { get; set; }
+		public DateTime ExpiryDate { get; set; }
 
 		public PowerShellTip()
 		{
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public PowerShellTip()
 			Example = string.Empty;
 			Urls = Array.Empty<string>();
 			Category = TipCategory.Other;
+			ExpiryDate = DateTime.MaxValue;
 		}
 
 		public string Id

src/PowerShellTips/2023-10-03-powershell-devops-global-summit-2024.ps1

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ $tip.Urls = @(
 	'https://sessionize.com/pshsummit24/'
 )
 $tip.Category = [tiPS.TipCategory]::Community # Community, Editor, Module, NativeCmdlet, Performance, Security, Syntax, Terminal, or Other.
+$tip.ExpiryDate = [DateTime]::Parse('2024-04-11') # Optional. If the tip is not relevant after a certain date, set the expiration date. e.g. Announcing a conference or event.
 
 # Community: Social events and community resources. e.g. PowerShell Summit, podcasts, etc.
 # Editor: Editor tips and extensions. e.g. VSCode, ISE, etc.

src/PowerShellTips/2023-10-09-powershell-conference-europe-2024.ps1

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ $tip.Urls = @(
 	'https://psconf.eu/'
 )
 $tip.Category = [tiPS.TipCategory]::Community # Community, Editor, Module, NativeCmdlet, Performance, Security, Syntax, Terminal, or Other.
+$tip.ExpiryDate = [DateTime]::Parse('2024-06-27') # Optional. If the tip is not relevant after a certain date, set the expiration date. e.g. Announcing a conference or event.
 
 # Community: Social events and community resources. e.g. PowerShell Summit, podcasts, etc.
 # Editor: Editor tips and extensions. e.g. VSCode, ISE, etc.

src/PowerShellTips/2023-10-09-psconfeu-2023-minicon.ps1

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ $tip.Urls = @(
 	'https://app.gather.town/events/It0l-Wx8TQmTI93yQvs-'
 )
 $tip.Category = [tiPS.TipCategory]::Community # Community, Editor, Module, NativeCmdlet, Performance, Security, Syntax, Terminal, or Other.
+$tip.ExpiryDate = [DateTime]::Parse('2023-10-24') # Optional. If the tip is not relevant after a certain date, set the expiration date. e.g. Announcing a conference or event.
 
 # Community: Social events and community resources. e.g. PowerShell Summit, podcasts, etc.
 # Editor: Editor tips and extensions. e.g. VSCode, ISE, etc.

src/tiPS/Classes/PowerShellTip.Tests.ps1

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Describe 'Trimming all tip properties' {
 			$ValidTip.Example = 'Example'
 			$ValidTip.Urls = @('https://Url1.com', 'http://Url2.com')
 			$ValidTip.Category = 'Community'
+			$ValidTip.ExpiryDate = [DateTime]::MaxValue
 		}
 
 		It 'Should not change any of the properties' {
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ Describe 'Trimming all tip properties' {
 			$ValidTip.Example = 'Example'
 			$ValidTip.Urls = @('https://Url1.com', 'http://Url2.com')
 			$ValidTip.Category = 'Community'
+			$ValidTip.ExpiryDate = [DateTime]::MaxValue
 		}
 
 		It 'Should trim the leading and trailing whitespace from all of the properties' {
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ Describe 'Validating a PowerShellTip' {
 			$ValidTip.Example = 'Example'
 			$ValidTip.Urls = @('https://Url1.com', 'http://Url2.com')
 			$ValidTip.Category = 'Community'
+			$ValidTip.ExpiryDate = [DateTime]::MaxValue
 		}
 
 		It 'Should throw an error when the CreatedDate has not been set' {
@@ -131,6 +134,7 @@ Describe 'Validating a PowerShellTip' {
 			$ValidTip.Example = 'Example'
 			$ValidTip.Urls = @('https://Url1.com', 'http://Url2.com')
 			$ValidTip.Category = 'Community'
+			$ValidTip.ExpiryDate = [DateTime]::MaxValue
 		}
 
 		It 'Should not throw an error when all properties are valid' {
@@ -150,6 +154,7 @@ Describe 'Getting the Id property' {
 			$ValidTip.Example = 'Example'
 			$ValidTip.Urls = @('https://Url1.com', 'http://Url2.com')
 			$ValidTip.Category = 'Community'
+			$ValidTip.ExpiryDate = [DateTime]::MaxValue
 		}
 
 		It 'Should create the Id properly from the other property values' {
@@ -178,6 +183,7 @@ Describe 'Checking if URLs are provided' {
 			$ValidTip.Example = 'Example'
 			$ValidTip.Urls = @('https://Url1.com', 'http://Url2.com')
 			$ValidTip.Category = 'Community'
+			$ValidTip.ExpiryDate = [DateTime]::MaxValue
 		}
 
 		It 'Should return true when URLs are supplied' {