{"id":17765,"date":"2015-11-16T09:16:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T17:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/?p=17765"},"modified":"2019-06-05T13:10:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T21:10:05","slug":"announcing-powershell-language-support-for-visual-studio-code-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/announcing-powershell-language-support-for-visual-studio-code-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing PowerShell language support for Visual Studio Code and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I am very happy to announce Developer Preview releases of two new projects that I hope will take your PowerShell development experience to the next level.<\/span><\/p>\n

Write and debug PowerShell scripts in Visual Studio Code!<\/h2>\n

The first release is a new extension for Visual Studio Code<\/a> which provides improved PowerShell language support including IntelliSense, code navigation, real-time script analysis, and local script debugging.  Previous releases of Visual Studio Code have provided basic PowerShell syntax highlighting support and code snippets.  This summer I started working with a PowerShell team intern, Kayla Davis<\/strong>, to bring PowerShell to parity with the in-box C# and TypeScript support.  This new extension takes the feature set much further:<\/p>\n

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IntelliSense and signature help for parameter sets<\/h3>\n

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Code navigations like “Go to Definition” and “Find References”<\/h3>\n

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…even across dot-sourced files!<\/p>\n

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Viewing the list of symbols in the current script file or project path<\/h3>\n

This feature is our first community contribution by PowerShell MVP Keith Hill<\/strong>!  I am really excited to be able to ship this extension with a community contribution already in the box.<\/p>\n

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Real-time script analysis using PowerShell Script Analyzer<\/h3>\n

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Local script debugging<\/h3>\n

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You can even set variables to be watched!<\/p>\n

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Basic interactive script console<\/h3>\n

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…and this is only the beginning!<\/h3>\n

In the near future we intend to add even more great features:<\/p>\n