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+function Clean-State
+{
+    if (Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile)
+    {
+        Remove-Item $FullyQualifiedFile -Force
+    }
+
+    if (Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFolder)
+    {
+        Remove-Item $FullyQualifiedFolder -Recurse -Force
+    }
+}
+
+Describe "Test-New-Item" {
+    $tmpDirectory         = "/tmp"
+    $testfile             = "testfile.txt"
+    $testfolder           = "newDirectory"
+    $FullyQualifiedFile   = $tmpDirectory + "/" + $testfile
+    $FullyQualifiedFolder = $tmpDirectory + "/" + $testfolder
+
+    BeforeEach {
+        Clean-State
+    }
+
+    It "should call the function without error" {
+        { New-Item -Name $testfile -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType file } | Should Not Throw
+    }
+
+    It "Should create a file without error" {
+        New-Item -Name $testfile -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType file
+
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile | Should Be $true
+    }
+
+    It "Should create a folder without an error" {
+        New-Item -Name newDirectory -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType directory
+
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFolder | Should Be $true
+    }
+
+    It "Should create a file using the ni alias" {
+        ni -Name $testfile -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType file
+
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile | Should Be $true
+    }
+
+    It "Should create a file using the Type alias instead of ItemType" {
+        New-Item -Name $testfile -Path $tmpDirectory -Type file
+
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile | Should Be $true
+    }
+
+    It "Should create a file with sample text inside the file using the Value switch" {
+        $expected = "This is test string"
+        New-Item -Name $testfile -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType file -Value $expected
+
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile | Should Be $true
+
+        Get-Content $FullyQualifiedFile | Should Be $expected
+    }
+
+    It "Should not create a file when the Name switch is not used and only a directory specified" {
+        #errorAction used because permissions issue in windows
+        New-Item -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType file -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile | Should Be $false
+
+    }
+
+    It "Should create a file when the Name switch is not used but a fully qualified path is specified" {
+        New-Item -Path $FullyQualifiedFile -ItemType file 
+
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile | Should Be $true
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to create a multiple items in different directories" {
+        $FullyQualifiedFile2 = $tmpDirectory + "/" + "test2.txt"
+        New-Item -ItemType file -Path $FullyQualifiedFile, $FullyQualifiedFile2
+
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile  | Should Be $true
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile2 | Should Be $true
+
+        Remove-Item $FullyQualifiedFile2
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to call the whatif switch without error" {
+       { New-Item -Name testfile.txt -Path /tmp -ItemType file -WhatIf } | Should Not Throw
+    }
+
+    It "Should not create a new file when the whatif switch is used" { 
+        New-Item -Name $testfile -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType file -WhatIf
+
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile | Should Be $false 
+    }
+
+    It "Should produce an error when the credentials switch is thrown" {
+        { New-Item -Name $testfile -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType file -Credential domain/USER } | Should Throw "not implemented"
+    }
+}