Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

PowerShell editors

While it is possible to write for PowerShell using the notepad application alone, it is rarely desirable. Using an editor that was designed to work with PowerShell can save a lot of time.

Specialized PowerShell editors such as Visual Studio Code (VS Code), PowerShell Studio, and PowerShell ISE offer automatic completion (IntelliSense), which reduces the amount of cross-referencing required while writing code. Finding a comfortable editor early on is a good way to ease into PowerShell; memorizing commands and parameters is not necessary.

PowerShell ISE is not planned to be released to support PowerShell 6 at this time. VS Code is the most commonly recommended editor for PowerShell. VS Code is a free open source editor that ...