Monthly Archives: August 2007

PowerShell Toolbox (Part 2)

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After feedback on the recent post on the PowerShell Toolbox, I can see that over time this list will continue to change, and grow. With that in mind it makes more sense to dedicate a page.

I’ve taken the original list from the post, plus the updates from the comments and combined them into a more comprehensive list on the page. I’ve also included a short description, and whether the product is free, commercial, open source etc.

If you have a tool, or know of a tool we’ve missed, let me know in the comments here (or the previous post), and I’ll update the page.

PowerShell Toolbox

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As the list of PowerShell tools is constantly growing, I thought I’d take the time out to list the ones I’m aware of.

GPExpert™ Scripting Toolkit for PowerShell
PoshConsole
PowerShell Community Extensions
PowerGadgets
Quest’s PowerGUI
PowerLocker PowerPad
PowerShell Analyzer
ActiveRoles Management Shell for AD (aka Quest AD Cmdlets)
Zimbra PowerShell Cmdlets
SAPIEN PrimalScript 2007

What else is out there that I should add to the list? What tools do you have in your toolbox, and which ones are essential Vs nice-to-have?

SAPIEN’s PrimalScript 2007 Available

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It looks like PrimalScript 2007 is now available.

You can download a trial from here.

Now as an all round scripting IDE I think this is an excellent product, though I’ve not had a look at this latest offering. The question is, if you just want an IDE for PowerShell, how will it fare against the building list of competitors?

PowerShell Analyzer
PowerGUI

Now PrimalScript has a mature background in it’s favour, and I’m going to take a wild guess and presume that the debugger will work on PowerShell – I’ve only ever used it with VBScript in the past. The down side of course is the cost comparison, and the fact that debugging can be achieved within the shell itself.

I’m still not convinced to move from my earlier assessment.

    Yet.

I think it’s time I started to take a closer look at some of the new tools though.

What do you think of the tools emerging for PoSh?