Installing VS Code

The Windows PowerShell ISE was a great tool that Microsoft first introduced with Windows PowerShell v2 (and vastly improved with v3). This tool has reached feature completeness, and Microsoft has no plans for further development.

In its place, however, is Visual Studio Code, or VS Code. This open-source tool provides an extensive range of features for IT pros and others. For IT professionals, this should be your editor of choice. While there is a learning curve (as for any new product), VS Code contains all the features you find in the ISE and more.

VS Code, and the available extensions, are works in progress. Each new release brings additional features which can be highly valuable. A recent addition from Draw.io, for example, is the ability to create diagrams directly in VS Code. Take a look at this post for more details on this diagram tool: https://tfl09.blogspot.com/2020/05/over-weekend-i-saw-tweet-announcing-new.html.

There are a large number of...