I have to second PowerShell Plus the awesomest editors around. Wish they would get it for me at work.
I use PrimalScript 2007 from Sapien. It's ok. Notepad++ with PowerShell syntax highlighting added in for quick edits. I find the built in editor in PowerGUI to be painfully slow. I also find the GUI logic behind PowerGUI to not suit the way I use PowerShell. Your mileage and experience may certainly be different. I use Quest AD Cmdlets and the VMware ones. CodePlex is a solid resource. Whether a set of cmdlets is of use to you is what will really determine it's value, that said I've often wished for the PowerGadgets one. To follow some various blogs you can hit up this Yahoo Pipe maintained by the guy who wrote PowerBoots and many other high level obscure PowerShell usage posts http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=uAmYy9xq3BGHcV361fC6Jw Also, don't forget about the Scripting Games this year http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/funzone/games/games09/announcement.mspx Steven On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Eric Woodford <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally I love PowerShellPlus (@$145/user). > http://www.idera.com/Products/PowerShell/PowerShell-Plus/ > > for add-on's, I use this for Exchange '07 and have the 'free!' Quest > http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx as it has several AD > cmdlets. > > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Leedy, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I use Powershell pretty extensively with Exchange 2007, monitoring and >> email alerts. I’m looking for some beneficial tools or addons to Powershell. >> I’m not sure what others are using but I mainly have just been using notepad >> to write scripts. I’m sure a good IDE would save some time. I’ve tried >> PowerGUI and it’s ok, but I would like to someone a little better. >> >> >> >> 1) What’s the best Powershell IDE (free or payware)? >> >> 2) Is there any addons worthy of use? I’m considering purchasing >> “Power Gadgets”. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Andy Leedy >> ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
