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1. #VISUAL STUDIO FOR MAC POWERSHELL HOW TO#
2. #VISUAL STUDIO FOR MAC POWERSHELL INSTALL#
3. #VISUAL STUDIO FOR MAC POWERSHELL FULL#
4. #VISUAL STUDIO FOR MAC POWERSHELL WINDOWS#

The installation steps vary based on the distribution of Linux you are running.

#VISUAL STUDIO FOR MAC POWERSHELL INSTALL#

Visual Studio Code for LinuxĪgain, because Microsoft has committed to being cross-platform, it is entirely possible to install Visual Studio Code on Linux. Getting on a soapbox for a moment, if you’re not using some form of version control, even for simple PowerShell scripts, you should definitely start doing so. I will add, however, that git is not the only code versioning tool available and that you can most likely find a plug-in for most of the popular tools.

#VISUAL STUDIO FOR MAC POWERSHELL HOW TO#

I am not going to go into detail on how to use git in Visual Studio Code in this article. Now the upside: since Visual Studio Code is constantly being updated, perhaps this is a feature that might be updated in the future. This isn’t a huge pain, but it does create a bit more work, and I prefer the visual representation the PowerShell ISE provides. Instead of showing a drop-down of available options in the command-line, you need to press tab to cycle through the parameters and any available validation sets. That said, how it handles tab completion of parameters is a bit different from the PowerShell ISE. Yes, this tight integration is very useful and is a solid argument for using Visual Studio Code. I’m going to be a bit controversial and disagree. This tight integration with git is the reason the original commenter at the Virtual Pass Summit suggested folks should abandon the PowerShell ISE. Some are scripts I started and abandoned for previous articles, others are ones I’m still working on. In my case, I have a number of PowerShell Scripts that I have not yet committed to my git repository. Git is already configured on your system, and you can open a repository or clone one. You may need to restart Visual Studio Code after installing and setting up git. If you select the Source Control icon you will get a screen like this if you do not have git installed:īefore you can open a folder or clone a repository, you will need to click on the install git link and follow the prompts.

#VISUAL STUDIO FOR MAC POWERSHELL FULL#

One more step needs to be done to unleash the full power of Visual Studio Code, setting up git.

Visual Studio Code should then provide a pop-up similar to:Īs you can see, Visual Studio Code is designed to make it easy for you to get set up to create and edit PowerShell scripts. There is another way to have Visual Studio Code to install the PowerShell extension, and that is simply to open (or create) a file with a. This change makes it look much more like the PowerShell ISE in my previous article. I’m not a huge fan of the Dark scheme, so I typically select the Set Color Theme and change it to the PowerShell ISE theme. Once installed, you should see something similar in the main area of Visual Studio Code Select the topmost one, in this case, PowerShell 2020.6.0, and select Install.

Note that your results may appear different depending on what extensions have been made available since this article was written. In the Search box that appears, type PowerShell. This icon opens a window that allows you to add extensions to Visual Studio Code. You can create a new file by using the File Menu or pressing Ctrl-N, but there’s another step you should take first.Ĭlick on the button on the left that looks like four boxes with one flying up and to the right. The first time you run Visual Studio Code, you will see something similar to this:

If you want to install Visual Studio Code just for yourself, select the 64-bit User Installer otherwise, select the 64-bit System Installer.

#VISUAL STUDIO FOR MAC POWERSHELL WINDOWS#

I will address that in a bit.įor now, I will assume you are editing PowerShell on Windows 10. One of the first things you will notice is that it is available for multiple platforms as shown in the figure. VS Code is not installed by default on most machines but can be downloaded from here.

One of the more popular tools these days for creating PowerShell is Visual Studio Code (VS Code). This article focuses on more modern tools. The first article focused on some of the older and more common tools found on both Windows and Linux systems. This article is the second of two articles demonstrating PowerShell Editors. PowerShell editors and environments part 2 - Simple Talk