Beyond PowerShell PowerGUI Use experience

We know that PowerShell will be the successor to CMD, and Microsoft has integrated it into Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. I don't know if you noticed, in Windows 7, in addition to PowerShell, there is a tool called PowerGUI, from the name of the fact that it is based on the graphical user interface PowerShell, is a third-party powershell enhanced software. And, of course, not only that. Because PowerGUI provides a highly efficient, net-style scripting development environment and facilitates scripting debugging, using PowerGUI will greatly increase productivity for a PowerShell script developer. This article will share with you the experience of using PowerGUI tools.

1. Download and install

For Windows 7 users, use ("Start → all programs → attachment →windows powershell→windows PowerShell ISE") because the system is integrated without installation. It is necessary to note that Windows 7 PowerShell ise differs from PowerGUI. The PowerGUI includes two components, the PowerGUI Script Editor and the PowerGUI respectively. In Windows 7, "Windows PowerShell ISE" is equivalent to the "PowerGUI Script Editor", not only slightly different in the interface, and its function is not compared with the "PowerGUI Script Editor", only a simple version of the " PowerGUI Script Editor. In addition, Server 2008 integrates PowerShell but does not have PowerGUI, so non-Windows 7 systems must download the installation to use PowerGUI. You can access Http://powergui.org/downloads.jspa to download the latest version of PowerGUI, but you need to install an extended installation package before you install it (http://www.quest.com/powershell/ activeroles-server.aspx), the installation will require a reboot. (Figure 1)