To avoid errors, it's important to write PowerShell scripts that prevent code from running on an unintended platform. Luckily, this is easier to do than it sounds.

PowerShell has made it dead simple to automate all kinds of things. However, its simplicity can be deceiving. PowerShell takes the complexity out of script writing but unless you're writing a ...

It's possible to create PowerShell script files using any text editor or the legacy ISE application. However, the Visual Studio Code editor is the preferred option for writing scripts moving forward.

Obviously, PowerShell can't just magically write a script for you. If it could, that would definitely be a cool capability, but it would also probably mean that I would be out of a job.

The “ Simple HTTP api for executing PowerShell scripts ” is itself just a PowerShell script. So changing functionality just requires modifying a single file, no compilation needed.

TechNet seems to agree with me, as it says, "In Windows PowerShell ISE, you can run commands and write, test, and debug scripts in a single Windows-based graphic user interface [emphasis mine] with ...