PowerShell Plus IDE
September 30th, 2008I’ve been using PrimalScript for all of my script authoring for a few years. VBScript, Batch, Perl… just about any scripting language was nicely handled by the IDE. When PowerShell came out I played around with Power Analyzer, but decided to stay with PrimalScript for the IDE. That was until Idera launched PowerShell Plus which is a progression from Power Analyzer. I have to say that this IDE beats all others for PowerShell, hands down! The code completion is astonishing for a scripting tool. While PrimalScript does well with code completion for the cmdlets, this baby code completes everything in PowerShell; including .NET classes. It has a nicely embedded script editor which allows you to easily jump between the console and your current project. The variable window is nice to view what values are currently held by the variables including help on selected variables. This is a very cool product and there are so many other features that make it definitely worth a look. If you do a lot of work with PowerShell, take this IDE out for a test drive. Even if you are a die hard PrimalScript fan, I bet you will sway your PowerShell scripting work to this editor.