Using PowerShell ISE in Windows 7?
Go download Windows Management Framework 3.0. The changes to PowerShell ISE alone are huge IMO. I haven't switched to 8 or 2012 yet in any aspects, so I've been sitting here writing all my scripts in the build-in 2.0 ISE. The 3.0 ISE is a huge improvement.
Note that it will give an error if you don't have SP1 and full .NET 4.0.
Note that it will give an error if you don't have SP1 and full .NET 4.0.
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In progress: CLEP US GOV,
Next up: MATH 211, ECON 352, ICS 340
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Slowhand
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I've been running 3.0 on my Windows 7 machine at work for a few weeks now and it's like using a whole new application when launching the ISE. I really like it, and I can't really see myself going back to PowerGUI any time soon.
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The old one is very slow... is the new one any better in that regard? I tend to just use notepad.2024 Renew: [ ] AZ-204 [ ] AZ-305 [ ] AZ-400 [ ] AZ-500 [ ] Vault Assoc.
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I'm not much of a PowerGUI fan anyway, but I didn't see anything wrong with ISE 2. Moving up to ISE 3 hasn't gained me anything that I've noticed. I guess the intelisense is kinda cool, but not really necessary for me. Although, I am digging the show history part of intelisense. I'm not much of a power user, all I do is type and hit F5, not much else. Maybe someday... -
undomiel
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Bad habits are hard to break, I've just been using gvim all this while. I didn't like ISE 2.0 because it took so long to load up for me.Jumping on the IT blogging band wagon -- http://www.jefferyland.com/ -
ptilsen
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ISE 3 seems snappier. For me, Intellisense is huge. I haven't had the pleasure of Intellisense since I programmed in VisualBasic .NET back in 2008. The biggest issue I have without Intellisence is typos in variables that can be a pain to track down.
I only use Notepad with PowerShell for a few things: 1. Minor changes to existing scripts that are mostly functional, 2. very small, simple scripts where I'm confident I won't need to debug or test 3. Find and replace and a subset of code. I cannot imagine writing larger/more complex scripts in Notepad.