{"id":4091,"date":"2009-05-05T00:50:24","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T00:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2009\/05\/05\/powershelltoys-wow\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:12:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T20:12:40","slug":"powershelltoys-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/powershelltoys-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerShellToys – WOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gent Hito and the superstars at \/n software<\/a> has just announced a new product division, PowerShellToys.  This division is focused exclusively in PowerShell technologies.  PowerShellToys products bridge other Microsoft technologies to PowerShell making it easily accessible to other developers: Web Developers, Desktop Application Developers, Database Developers, etc..   <\/p>\n

Gent told me that they are called "Toys" because the folks at \/n software believe that once developers see the sheer power of bringing PowerShell into their environment, they will look at these tools with a wide grin, bringing back those childhood memories of wonder and amazement when touching a cool new toy.  That sounds right to me.  I remember that after a couple months of developing PowerShell someone would say, \u201ccheck this out\u201d and we\u2019d all file into someone\u2019s office and get wildly excited  seeing what they did with a simple script or one liner.  I recall thinking, \u201cwow \u2013 this makes computers fun again\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Here is the current list of their "toys":<\/p>\n

PowerShellASP<\/strong> (http:\/\/powershelltoys.com\/powershellasp.aspx<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Builds Dynamic Web Content with Windows PowerShell! PowerShellASP is an ASP-like template language for Web applications. PowerShellASP templates consist of markup (HTML, XML, etc.) and inline PowerShell code. At runtime, templates\/pages are translated to PowerShell code, executed as a single unit, and sent to the client browser.  I expect a TON of people will want this including ADMINS.<\/p>\n

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PowerShellWebPart<\/strong> (http:\/\/powershelltoys.com\/powershellwebpart.aspx<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Generates Dynamic SharePoint Content with Windows PowerShell! The PowerShellWebPart brings PowerShellASP to SharePoint Pages through a standard SharePoint Web Part.<\/p>\n

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PowerShellRSS<\/strong> (http:\/\/powershelltoys.com\/powershellrss.aspx<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Serves Dynamic RSS Feeds with Windows PowerShell! PowerShellRSS executes PowerShell scripts and easily formats the pipeline object result as an RSS feed.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

PowerShellADO<\/strong> (http:\/\/powershelltoys.com\/powershellado.aspx<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Windows PowerShell as a Database! PowerShellADO allows you to treat any PowerShell script as an ADO.NET data source, opening up entirely new possibilities for .NET developers!  I can\u2019t wait to give this one a try.  This approach was used with great success by the Exchange team (they wrote a layer on top of PS to do this).<\/p>\n

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PowerShellPanel<\/strong> (http:\/\/powershelltoys.com\/powershellpanel.aspx<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A PowerShell-Powered ASP.NET Panel Control! PowerShellPanel is an ASP.NET Control that enables any developer to include dynamic PowerShellASP in any ASP.NET web page, bringing live PowerShell content to ASP.NET.<\/p>\n

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Give those a try and share what you produce!<\/p>\n

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Experiment!  Enjoy!  Engage! <\/p>\n

Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Distinguished Engineer
Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at:    http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/PowerShell<\/a>
Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at:  http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/technet\/scriptcenter\/hubs\/msh.mspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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