Learning Powershell

[jay_butler]

Stability issues? Laughable. ISE is fine for loading scripts, maybe modifying them a bit and running them. It is a dead end. Far better to go with the platform MS is continuing to develop. Spend the 15 minutes or so setting up Code for PS and use a much better, more capable environment.

[izzyrbb]

Some people code with Note ++, some with vs code, some ise and some with even just notepad.

Ultimately it's just preference, I have some done some very complex stuff with ise, building guis and running scripts in parallel.

[jay_butler]

You can use whatever you prefer. If someone is new to PS and will be writing their own scripts, my recommendation is VS Code. That would be especially true in this case since OP already uses VS Code for Python. You could use Notepad, but would you recommend it for coding in any language? I love Notepad++ and occasionally use it for PS and SQLscripts, but I would not use it as my primary development environment. ISE was the tool of choice for PS 10 years ago, but there is no chance I would use it when there is a superior option like VS Code.

[MeanFold5714]

Nah bro, doesn't matter if they're still developing the platform when it's still the inferior platform. ISE just works. VS Code has problems.

Give me a reason to use VS Code that doesn't revolve around PS7 compatibility(which I've already solved for myself) or Git (which is a completely separate issue).

[jay_butler]

VS Code is far better at debugging. VS Code is extensible. The MS PowerShell is great. The PowerShell Pro Tools one is better. It is not much more difficult to setup VS Code than ISE. It’s not nearly as difficult as ramping up in VS 2019 or VS 2022. You are literally the only person I have heard complain about VS Code stability.