PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language built on .NET, which provides a powerful toolset for administrators on any platform.

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Install the PowerShell extension

The official PowerShell extension can be installed by following the steps described in the Visual Studio Code User Guide or by going directly to the Visual Studio Code Marketplace and clicking the Install Button.

You can also install the PowerShell extension from within Visual Studio Code by opening the Extensions view with keyboard shortcut ⇧⌘X (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+X) and typing 'PowerShell' and select the PowerShell extension:

Install from the command line

Alternatively, the PowerShell extension can be installed from any command line (including PowerShell, Cmd, bash) on all platforms using the following command

If you are running VS Code Insiders, you will need this command instead:

Example scripts

Example scripts are included with the extension and can be found at the following path.

To open or view the examples in Visual Studio Code, run the following from your PowerShell command prompt:

If using the Insiders edition:

You can also open the examples from the Command Palette (⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)) with the PowerShell: Open Examples Folder command.

Major features

• Syntax highlighting
• Code snippets
• IntelliSense for cmdlets and more
• Rule-Based analysis provided by PowerShell Script Analyzer
• 'Go to definition' of cmdlets and variables
• Find references of cmdlets and variables
• Document and Workspace symbol discovery
• Run selected section of PowerShell code using F8
• Launch online help for the symbol under the cursor using Ctrl + F1
• Local script debugging and basic interactive console support

Debugging

The PowerShell extension uses the built-in debugging interface of VS Code to allow for debugging of PowerShell scripts and modules. You can learn more about VS Code debugging here.

Hey, Scripting Guy! blog

For more information on debugging, check out the 'Hey, Scripting Guy!' two-part blog post series written by @keithHill on debugging with the PowerShell extension:

PowerShell extension settings

You can customize VS Code settings from the File > Preferences > Settings menu item (Code > Preferences > Settings on macOS).

You can also click the gear icon located in the lower left corner of the Activity Bar.

You can also use the keyboard shortcut ⌘, (Windows, Linux Ctrl+,) to open your settings. The VS Code team has introduced a settings GUI in the latest version 1.27.1 as the new default interface for customizing settings. In VS Code versions prior to 1.27.1, this will open your settings.json file.

You can still open the settings.json file by using Preferences: Open Settings (JSON) command from the Command Palette (⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)) or by changing the default settings editor with the 'workbench.settings.editor' setting.

Go to User and Workspace settings for more information on configuring VS Code settings.

Multi-version support

You can configure the PowerShell extension to use any version of PowerShell installed on your machine by following these instructions.

You can also change the version by clicking on the version number in the lower right corner:

Or run the PowerShell: Show Session Menu command from the Command Palette (⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)).

Pester

Pester is a Behavior-driven Development (BDD) based unit test runner for PowerShell. Pester provides a framework for running unit tests to execute and validate PowerShell commands. Pester follows a file naming convention for naming tests to be discovered by Pester at test time and a simple set of functions that expose a testing domain-specific language (DSL) for isolating, running, evaluating and reporting the results of PowerShell commands.

Windows 10 and Server 2016 comes with Pester 3.40 pre-installed. To update Pester or to install the latest version on other platforms follow the Pester installation instructions.

Plaster

Plaster is a template-based file and project generator written in PowerShell. Its purpose is to streamline the creation of PowerShell module projects, Pester tests, DSC configurations and more. See the GitHub Plaster repository for more information, for documentation on Plaster's cmdlets see Cmdlet Documentation.

The PowerShell extension allows the creation of new Plaster projects by running the PowerShell: Create New Project from Plaster Template command from the Command Palette (⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)).

PSScriptAnalyzer

PSScriptAnalyzer is a static source code checker for PowerShell modules and scripts. PSScriptAnalyzer checks the quality of PowerShell code by running a set of rules. The rules are based on PowerShell best practices identified by the PowerShell Team and the community. Pester generates diagnostic records (errors and warnings) to inform users about potential code defects and suggests possible solutions for improvements.

The PowerShell extension includes PSScriptAnalyzer by default, and automatically performs analysis on PowerShell script files being edited in VS Code.

PSScriptAnalyzer Settings

PSScriptAnalyzer is shipped with a collection of built-in rules that checks various aspects of PowerShell source code such as presence of uninitialized variables, usage of PSCredential Type, usage of Invoke-Expression, etc. Additional functionality such as exclude/include specific rules is also supported.

To disable PSScriptAnalyzer, open your settings, browse Extensions, select the PowerShell extension and deselect the checkbox for PSScriptAnalyzer.

Format document command is provided by the PSScriptAnalyzer module.

Document Formatting

Automatic document formatting can be invoked using the Format Document command or the (⇧⌥F (Windows Shift+Alt+F, Linux Ctrl+Shift+I)) keyboard shortcut.

CodeLens

CodeLenses are a VS Code feature to provide actionable, contextual information that is displayed within the source code.

CodeLens support was added in version 1.3.0 of the PowerShell extension, read the PowerShell extension changelog for more information.

Pester CodeLens support

Pester supports CodeLens integration for Run tests and Debug tests.

CodeLens Pester debug support

CodeLens Pester symbol support

Function reference CodeLens support

CodeLens function reference support shows the number of times a function is referenced within your code and allows you to jump to specific references.

Extension FAQ page

Check out the FAQ page on the PowerShell extensions Wiki

Types.ps1xml and Format.ps1xml files

ps1xml files are PowerShell's way to extend the type system and define output formatting. For more information on these files, please refer to the official PowerShell documentation on Types.ps1xml and Format.ps1xml. You can get IntelliSense features when authoring ps1xml files by installing the XML extension by Red Hat. After installing, add this configuration to your user settings:

This tells the XML extension to use the official XML schemas from the PowerShell repository for all .ps1xml files. This enables the following features in ps1xml files:

• Syntax error reporting
• Schema validation
• Tag and attribute completion
• Auto-close tags
• Symbol highlighting
• Document folding
• Document symbols and outline
• Renaming support
• Document Formatting

Atom 1.41.0
A hackable text editor for the 21st Century.
Everything you would expect
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* Search for and install new packages or create your own right from Atom.
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* File system browser
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* Multiple panes
* Split your Atom interface into multiple panes to compare and edit code across files.
* Find and replace
* Find, preview, and replace text as you type in a file or across all your projects.

• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: GitHub, Inc.
• Modification Date: October 21, 2019
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.9 or higher - 64-bit (built with Electron)

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BBEdit 13.0.2
BBEdit is the leading professional HTML and text editor for theMacintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authorsand software developers, this award-winning product provides anabundance of high-performance features for editing, searching, andmanipulation of text. An intelligent interface provides easy access toBBEdit’s best-of-class features, including grep pattern matching, searchand replace across multiple files, project definition tools, functionnavigation and syntax coloring for numerous source code languages, codefolding, FTP and SFTP open and save, AppleScript, Mac OS X Unixscripting support, text and code completion, and of course a completeset of robust HTML markup tools.

• License: Demo, $50
• Developer/Publisher: Bare Bones Software
• Modification Date: October 25, 2019
• Requirements: macOS 10.14.2 or higher - 64-bit

Download File Size: 14.5 MB

BlueJ 4.2.1
BlueJ is an integrated Java environment specifically designed forintroductory teaching.
The BlueJ environment was developed as part of a university researchproject about teaching object-orientation to beginners. The system isbeing developed and maintained by a joint research group at DeakinUniversity, Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Kent inCanterbury, UK. The project is supported by Sun Microsystems.

• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: Monash University
• Modification Date: April 29, 2019
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit, Java (contained within the application)

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Chipmunk Basic 1.368.2118
Chipmunk Basic for MacOS is an old-fashioned Basic interpreter whichruns on almost all Macs. Chipmunk Basic uses a vintage traditional-stylecommand-line console, but note that line numbers are not required to runBasic program written using an external text editor. Supported featureson MacOS include color graphics, sprites, sound (including QuicktimeMIDI sounds and morse code), speech synthesis, matrix ops, AppleScript,network sockets, pipes, serial I/O, and even some rudamentary OOP(object oriented programming) capabilities.

• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: Ron Nicholson
• Modification Date: September 1, 2019
• Requirements: macOS 10.13 or higher - 64-bit

Download File Size: 1.6 MB

Eclipse 2019-06
Eclipse provides IDEs and platforms for nearly every language andarchitecture. We are famous for our Java IDE, C/C++, JavaScript and PHPIDEs built on extensible platforms for creating desktop, Web and cloudIDEs. These platforms deliver the most extensive collection of add-ontools available for software developers.

• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: Eclipse.org
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FutureBASIC 6.0.5
This site hosts both the FBtoC Project and the FutureBasic Freewaredownloads.
FutureBasic consists of a syntax-aware editor/IDE and a translator (FBtoC ) that converts FB code into C/Objective-C code. The translationis then compiled with the clang system compiler.
Downloads and their executables are freeware, but source code and rightsof distribution are reserved to the respective authors (the FBtoC team,Staz Software and others where noted ).

• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: STAZ Software and the FBtoC team
• Modification Date: August 30, 2019
• Requirements: macOS 10.13 or higher - 64-bit

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Gitkraken 6.3.0
The legendary Git GUI client for Mac, Windows and Linux.
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• License: Freeware
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• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.9 or higher - 64-bit (built with Electron)

Download File Size: 106.7 MB

Hex Fiend 2.11.0
A fast and clever open source hex editor for Mac OS X.
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• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: Ridiculous Fish
• Modification Date: February 3, 2019
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Download File Size: 2.1 MB

Hopper Disassembler 4.5.17
Hopper Disassembler, the reverse engineering tool that lets you disassemble, decompile and debug your applications.

• License: Demo, $99
• Developer/Publisher: Cryptic Apps
• Modification Date: October 25, 2019
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.9 or higher - 64-bit

Download File Size: 33.7 MB

Komodo 11.1.1
Komodo IDE includes all of the integrations you need to stay in-the-zoneand get more done. Get your favorite frameworks, languages, and tools inone cross-platform, polyglot IDE.
Komodo supports over 100 languages including Python, PHP, Go, Perl, Tcl,Ruby, NodeJS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and more.

• License: Demo, $295
• Developer/Publisher: ActiveState Corporation
• Modification Date: December 12, 2018
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.9 or higher - 64-bit

Download File Size: 104.5

PHP 7.3.10
PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development.
Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: The PHP Group
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• Requirements: macOS

Download File Size: 19.6 MB

Platypus 5.3
Platypus is a Mac OS X developer tool that creates native Mac OS Xapplications from interpreted scripts such as shell scripts or Perl,Ruby and Python programs. This is done by wrapping the script in anapplication bundle along with a native executable binary that runs thescript.
Platypus makes it easy for you to share your scripts with peopleunfamiliar with the command line interface, without any knowledge of theMac OS X APIs — a few clicks and you will have your own Mac OS Xgraphical program. Creating installers, maintenance applications, loginitems, launchers, automations and droplets is very easy using Platypus.

• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: Sveinbjorn Thordarson
• Modification Date: November 25, 2018
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.7 or higher - 64-bit

Download File Size: 3.3 MB

Python 3.8.0
Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programminglanguage. It provides an extraordinary combination of clarity and versatility, it is free,and it runs on Unix, PC, Macintosh, and many other systems.

• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: Python Software Foundation
• Modification Date: October 14, 2019
• Requirements: macOS

Download File Size: 29 MB

Ruby 2.6.5
A dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicityand productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural to read andeasy to write.

• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: Yukihiro Matsumoto, et al.
• Modification Date: October 1, 2019
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

Download File Size: 16.2 MB

Homebrew installation: $ brew install ruby

Ruby on Rails 6.0.0
Learning to build a modern web application is daunting. Ruby on Railsmakes it much easier and more fun. It includes everything you need tobuild fantastic applications, and you can learn it with the support ofour large, friendly community.

• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: rubyonrails.org
• Modification Date: August 16, 2019
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

Script Debugger 7.0.8
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• License: Demo, $100
• Developer/Publisher: Late Night Software
• Modification Date: May 4, 2019
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit

Download File Size: 41.2 MB

SmartGit 19.1.3
Get your commit done. SmartGit is a Git client with support for GitHubPull Requests+Comments and SVN.

• License: Demo, Pro $99
• Developer/Publisher: Syntevo GmbH
• Modification Date: September 11, 2019
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit, Java (contained within the application)

Download File Size: 80.3 MB

SmartSVN 11.0.3
SmartSVN is an innovative multi-platform client for Subversion, thedesignated successor of CVS. SmartSVN has powerful features likebuilt-in File Compare/Merge, Change Report or Tag and Branch handling,which make your daily work with Subversion as easy as possible.
SmartSVN is the consequent successor of SmartCVS, which helps thousandsof users to sail around the CVS cliffs. Don't settle with simple GUIwrappers around the command line executable. Try out the easy-to-use andintelligent features of SmartSVN, which works together with yourSubversion server out-of-the-box.

• License: Demo, Pro $99
• Developer/Publisher: Syntevo GmbH
• Modification Date: June 28, 2019
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.11 or higher - 64-bit, Java (contained within the application)

Download File Size: 33.8 MB

Squeak 5.2
Squeak is a powerful, highly-portable open-source implementation ofSmalltalk. Squeak is an Object-Oriented programming language andinteractive environment with many great Features.
Squeak is used for a wide variety of computing tasks, ranging from childeducation through to research in computer science.

• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: squeak.org
• Modification Date: December 14, 2018
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6 or higher - 64-bit

Download File Size: 29.7 MB

Sublime Text 3.2.1
Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose.You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.

• License: Demo, $70
• Developer/Publisher: Sublime HQ
• Modification Date: April 5, 2019
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.7 or higher - 64-bit

Download File Size: 16 MB

Subversion 1.12.2
Subversion is an open source version control system. Founded in 2000 byCollabNet, Inc., the Subversion project and software have seenincredible success over the past decade. Subversion has enjoyed andcontinues to enjoy widespread adoption in both the open source arena andthe corporate world.

• License: Freeware
• Developer/Publisher: Apache Software Foundation
• Modification Date: July 19, 2019
• Requirements: macOS

Download File Size: 11.5 MB

TextMate 2.0
Powerful and customizable text editor with support for a huge list of programming languages and developed as open source.

• License: Shareware, $57
• Developer/Publisher: MacroMates
• Modification Date: September 15, 2019
• Requirements: macOS 10.12 or higher - 64-bit

Download File Size: 14.1 MB

Unity 2019.2.10
Unity makes cutting-edge game technologies outrageously simple to use. Unity is a one-stop solution for professional game development.
1. You can make amazing stuff.
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• License: Personal Free, Plus $35/month, Pro $125 month
• Developer/Publisher: OTEE
• Modification Date: October 21, 2019
• Requirements: macOS 10.12.6 or higher - 64-bit

Download File Size: 76.1 MB - Installer

Xcode 11.2.1
Xcode includes everything developers need to create great applicationsfor Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Watch. Xcode providesdevelopers a unified workflow for user interface design, coding,testing, and debugging. The Xcode IDE combined with the Swiftprogramming language make developing apps easier and more fun than everbefore.
Xcode includes the Xcode IDE, Swift and Objective-C compilers,Instruments analysis tool, simulators, the latest SDKs, and hundreds ofpowerful features.

• License: Free
• Developer/Publisher: Apple
• Modification Date: November 12, 2019
• Requirements: macOS 10.14.4 or higher - 64-bit

Download File Size: 7.8 GB

Xojo 2019r1.1
Develop faster with Xojo.
Cross-platform - Code once then deploy on macOS, Windows, Linux, the web, iOS and Raspberry Pi.
Rich Framework - With modern support for graphics, database servers and internet protocols, build anything you can imagine.
Drag & drop UI - Create your native user interface quickly and intuitively with drag and drop.
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• License: Demo, $299 - Pro $699 - Enterprise $1,999
• Developer/Publisher: Xojo Inc.
• Modification Date: May 17, 2019
• Requirements: Mac OS X 10.10 or higher - 64-bit

Download File Size: 965.5 MB

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