Vista - Beginners questions

07-22-2009

I'm just starting with Powershell and have seen, that there are a few IDEs
like PowerGUI and Powershell Plus around. On the other side: Powershell V2
will come with Windows 7 in final version and includes its own GUI.

Do you think it makes sense for a beginnig user to start with one of these
IDEs? For learning purposes may be its better to start with pure Powershell?
And what about the extensions, that PowerGUI (for example) includes? Are
they from value with V2?

What do you think?

R.

07-22-2009

In message <eUzhbFrCKHA.1380@xxxxxx>, Ronny Beck
<ronny.k.beck@xxxxxx-bc.com> writes

Quote:

>I'm just starting with Powershell and have seen, that there are a few
>IDEs like PowerGUI and Powershell Plus around. On the other side:
>Powershell V2 will come with Windows 7 in final version and includes
>its own GUI.
>

Correct.

Quote:

>Do you think it makes sense for a beginnig user to start with one of
>these IDEs? For learning purposes may be its better to start with pure
>Powershell? And what about the extensions, that PowerGUI (for example)
>includes? Are they from value with V2?

I use PowerShell Plus and love it! I find it has features not in the ISE
product. But it's not free.

I suspect you might want to start with ISE and "graduate" to a full gui
as and when you need it.

My .02â‚¬ worth.

Thomas
--
Thomas Lee
doctordns@xxxxxx

07-22-2009

This is purely a matter of taste/preference. If you like a GUI editor, by
all means, use one. I personally use Vim/GVim, which does have syntax
colouring. The new ISE in v2 is nice, and I'm sure the third party ones are
fine as well. But what's most important for learning PowerShell is actually
_using_ it. For me, personally, that meant never opening up a CMD window,
and doing as much as possible from the PowerShell command line. And, as time
goes on, adding "little" scripts to automate what I do. Does it make me an
overnight guru? No, sadly. But every day a bit better.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Ronny Beck" <ronny.k.beck@xxxxxx-bc.com> wrote in message
news:eUzhbFrCKHA.1380@xxxxxx

Quote:

> I'm just starting with Powershell and have seen, that there are a few IDEs
> like PowerGUI and Powershell Plus around. On the other side: Powershell V2
> will come with Windows 7 in final version and includes its own GUI.
>
> Do you think it makes sense for a beginnig user to start with one of these
> IDEs? For learning purposes may be its better to start with pure
> Powershell? And what about the extensions, that PowerGUI (for example)
> includes? Are they from value with V2?
>
> What do you think?
>
> R.

07-22-2009

I tried the open source GUI and the one that shipped with the V2 CTP and
strongly prefer Powershell Plus. It's hardly a full blown IDE like Visual
Studio but some of the features like debugging and auto-completion are pretty
useful.

"Ronny Beck" wrote:

Quote:

> I'm just starting with Powershell and have seen, that there are a few IDEs
> like PowerGUI and Powershell Plus around. On the other side: Powershell V2
> will come with Windows 7 in final version and includes its own GUI.
>
> Do you think it makes sense for a beginnig user to start with one of these
> IDEs? For learning purposes may be its better to start with pure Powershell?
> And what about the extensions, that PowerGUI (for example) includes? Are
> they from value with V2?
>
> What do you think?
>
> R.
>
>

07-23-2009

Thank you for responding...

R.

07-22-2009	#1 (permalink)
Ronny Beck n/a posts	Beginners questions I'm just starting with Powershell and have seen, that there are a few IDEs like PowerGUI and Powershell Plus around. On the other side: Powershell V2 will come with Windows 7 in final version and includes its own GUI. Do you think it makes sense for a beginnig user to start with one of these IDEs? For learning purposes may be its better to start with pure Powershell? And what about the extensions, that PowerGUI (for example) includes? Are they from value with V2? What do you think? R.
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07-22-2009	#2 (permalink)
Thomas Lee n/a posts	Re: Beginners questions In message <eUzhbFrCKHA.1380@xxxxxx>, Ronny Beck <ronny.k.beck@xxxxxx-bc.com> writes Quote: >I'm just starting with Powershell and have seen, that there are a few >IDEs like PowerGUI and Powershell Plus around. On the other side: >Powershell V2 will come with Windows 7 in final version and includes >its own GUI. > Correct. Quote: >Do you think it makes sense for a beginnig user to start with one of >these IDEs? For learning purposes may be its better to start with pure >Powershell? And what about the extensions, that PowerGUI (for example) >includes? Are they from value with V2? I use PowerShell Plus and love it! I find it has features not in the ISE product. But it's not free. I suspect you might want to start with ISE and "graduate" to a full gui as and when you need it. My .02â‚¬ worth. Thomas -- Thomas Lee doctordns@xxxxxx
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07-22-2009	#3 (permalink)
Charlie Russel - MVP n/a posts	Re: Beginners questions This is purely a matter of taste/preference. If you like a GUI editor, by all means, use one. I personally use Vim/GVim, which does have syntax colouring. The new ISE in v2 is nice, and I'm sure the third party ones are fine as well. But what's most important for learning PowerShell is actually _using_ it. For me, personally, that meant never opening up a CMD window, and doing as much as possible from the PowerShell command line. And, as time goes on, adding "little" scripts to automate what I do. Does it make me an overnight guru? No, sadly. But every day a bit better. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel "Ronny Beck" <ronny.k.beck@xxxxxx-bc.com> wrote in message news:eUzhbFrCKHA.1380@xxxxxx Quote: > I'm just starting with Powershell and have seen, that there are a few IDEs > like PowerGUI and Powershell Plus around. On the other side: Powershell V2 > will come with Windows 7 in final version and includes its own GUI. > > Do you think it makes sense for a beginnig user to start with one of these > IDEs? For learning purposes may be its better to start with pure > Powershell? And what about the extensions, that PowerGUI (for example) > includes? Are they from value with V2? > > What do you think? > > R.
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07-22-2009	#4 (permalink)
C S S n/a posts	RE: Beginners questions I tried the open source GUI and the one that shipped with the V2 CTP and strongly prefer Powershell Plus. It's hardly a full blown IDE like Visual Studio but some of the features like debugging and auto-completion are pretty useful. "Ronny Beck" wrote: Quote: > I'm just starting with Powershell and have seen, that there are a few IDEs > like PowerGUI and Powershell Plus around. On the other side: Powershell V2 > will come with Windows 7 in final version and includes its own GUI. > > Do you think it makes sense for a beginnig user to start with one of these > IDEs? For learning purposes may be its better to start with pure Powershell? > And what about the extensions, that PowerGUI (for example) includes? Are > they from value with V2? > > What do you think? > > R. > >
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07-23-2009	#5 (permalink)
Ronny Beck n/a posts	Re: Beginners questions Thank you for responding... R.
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