As you can see in the following screenshot, PowerShell-specific editor settings are under Extension > PowerShell Config., and you can find general editor settings under Commonly used. VSCode has a new user interface for navigating settings. For PowerShell script and module files, the PowerShell extension should display accordingly. Note: The status bar displays the language VSCode identifies in your source code. As I mentioned previously, you can also click the PowerShell status bar entry to bring up the PowerShell extension options. Select View > Command Palette or press Ctrl+Shift+P, type configure, arrow down to Configure 'PowerShell' language based settings, and press Enter. The Command Palette is the primary navigational/configuration tool in VSCode.

D: Change the PowerShell engine VSCode uses (yes, this works with PowerShell Core!).

B: Press F8 to run the current code line in the integrated Terminal select Terminal > Run Active File to run the entire script file.

A: Use the Tab and arrow keys to navigate IntelliSense.

This is twenty-first century IT after all!

You will find that VSCode extensions update themselves periodically and that most extension authors work on a DevOps continuous integration software development lifecycle.

Click Reload to refresh your VSCode session after extension installation. This extension unlocks PowerShell language support in VSCode, including IntelliSense code completion and a rich debugger. Select Microsoft's PowerShell extension and then click Install. The Activity Bar and the various Side Bar panes are reminiscent of the ISE Add-ons pane. Install key extensions ^Ĭlick the Extensions icon in the VSCode Activity Bar and type powershell to search the Visual Studio Marketplace. However, we are going to fix that problem right now. At this point, Visual Studio code doesn't have PowerShell intelligence. You should observe that Visual Studio opens and creates a new file named script.ps1. Include VSCode in your PATH environment variableĪfter installation, open the Run dialog box and type code script.ps1.

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