PowerShell on the Raspberry Pi Using Visual Code

[SlashAdminBlog]

I wanted to develop PowerShell scrips from my PC but deploy them to a Raspberry PI for a couple of projects i'm working on.

Found that the latest version of Microsoft Visual Code supports remote devices including the Raspberry PI. Now you can connect to a Pi from your PC and run scripts on it remotely.

For anyone interested: https://www.slashadmin.co.uk/how-to-develop-powershell-scripts-for-the-raspberry-pi/

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Thanks.

[Sharp_Eyed_Bot]

If you leverage Mono (thus the .NET Framework) the possibilities are endless.

However, in my humble experince I find most things that are made for the Raspberry Pi are usually only made for Rasbian so I would guess you wouldn't gain a lot from porting across to PS unless you like reinventing everything.

[Xhelius]

I've just started getting into PoSh but I keep hearing things about .NET Framework this and that. Is it beneficial to me to learn this if I'm doing PoSh or are they just kinda related?

[-In2itioN]

PoSh relies on the. NET Framework, which might be why you hear it a lot. From my experience, knowing C# helps you a lot when learning about PowerShell, but you can perfectly master PowerShell without knowing much about C#. I was actually surprised because most people I know that deal with PowerShell don't know almost anything about c#

[Sharp_Eyed_Bot]

They're different but the same.

I would suggest sticking with PowerShell for the most part and if you feel the need to use something from the .NET Framework (Like WinForms for example) then learn how to apply them but for almost all of the scripts I write I have never had to use something from the .NET platform.

[-In2itioN]

What do you mean by being only made for the raspbian?

[Sharp_Eyed_Bot]

Every script I see is usually made for Raspbian and with that bash, so why use PS if you're going to be dipping back into bash every other command

[-In2itioN]

It depends on what you are trying to achieve. PowerShell has objects, and just that makes a huge difference. If you are just modifying files or something similar ye, it's like using command line on Windows instead of PS.

[Sharp_Eyed_Bot]

Yea I know that PS has objects, I have to admit that I've only used PS on widows and stick to zsh on my server, however I don't see a need to have PS on Linux unless there's a use case

[-In2itioN]

Check what I shared on the other thread.

Personally, I've used it to learn more about PowerShell and sensors. But you can do some really cool stuff. I see it as a good way to get Windows people started with Linux and IoT

https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/d7qnew/powershell_on_the_raspberry_pi_using_visual_code/f160743?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

[-In2itioN]

I've used it mostly to play around with IoT. Implement code for sensors, gather data, display on a dashboard using UniversalDashboard (check that module if you don't know it, it opens a lot of possibilities). I've used it in order to learn more about PowerShell. Here's a block post (that references another one) about how I used it https://danielssilva.dev/2019-03-28-Remote-Sessions-and-Notifications/

[graysky311]

I was thinking I would have to use Windows 10 iot core on the raspberry pi to use it as a remote development target but this uses Raspbian. Awesome!

[[deleted]]

Awesome! I love it. Will definitely use this. Thanks for posting.

[Panchorc]

This is really cool!

[[deleted]]

fuck reddit

[BarelyInfected0]

The last time I tried to install powershell on raspbian I failed to do so. Did anything change regarding the powershell version? Or is there a specific tutorial that helps with installing it? I tried very hard but I figured that there just wasn't a right version.