Why all the abstraction?
It seems like we are writing scripts just to have them turned into another format altogether, which in turn is converted into something else. Why all the indirection and abstraction? Why don't we write the final result ourselves, the first time? The primary reasons are readability and flexibility.
DSC configuration files are written in PowerShell syntax, which we already established as being consistent and readable. When the configuration is human-readable, it's understandable to the whole team and not just the implementer. It's written down in textual format, so it can be controlled in a source control system such as Git, Subversion (SVN), or Team Foundation Server. Deployment processes (sets of instructions on how to ...
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