Windows 10: Announcing the PowerShell Preview Extension in VSCode

Brink · Jan 24, 2019

We are excited to announce the PowerShell Preview extension in the VSCode marketplace!

The PowerShell Preview extension allows users on Windows PowerShell 5.1, Powershell 6.0, and all newer versions to get and test the latest updates to the PowerShell extension and comes with some exciting features. The PowerShell Preview extension is a substitute for the PowerShell extension so both the PowerShell extension and the PowerShell Preview extension should not be enabled at the same time.

Features of the PowerShell Preview extension

The PowerShell Preview extension is built on .NET Standard thereby enabling simplification of our code and dependency structure.

The PowerShell Preview extension also contains PSReadLine support in the integrated console for Windows behind a feature flag. PSReadLine provides a consistent and rich interactive experience, including syntax coloring and multi-line editing and history, in the PowerShell console, in Cloud Shell, and now in VSCode terminal.

For more information on the benefits of PSReadLine, check out their documentation.

To enable PSReadLine support in the Preview version on Windows, please add the following to your user settings:

"powershell.developer.featureFlags": [ "PSReadLine" ]

HUGE thanks to @SeeminglyScience for all his amazing work getting PSReadLine working in PowerShell Editor Services!

Why we created the PowerShell Preview extension

By having a preview channel, which supports Windows Powershell 5.1 and PowerShell Core 6, in addition to our existing stable channel, we can get new features out faster. PSReadLine support for the VSCode integrated console is a great example of a feature that the preview build makes possible. Having a preview channel also allows us to get more feedback on new features and to iterate on changes before they arrive in our stable channel.

How to Get/Use the PowerShell Preview extension

If you dont already have VSCode, start here.

Once you have VSCode open, click Clt+Shift+X to open the extensions marketplace.
Next, type PowerShell Preview in the search bar.
Click Install on the PowerShell Preview page.
Finally, click Reload in order to refresh VSCode.

If you already have the PowerShell extension please disable it to use the Powershell Preview extension.

To disable the PowerShell extension find it in the Extensions sidebar view, specifically under the list of Enabled extensions, Right-click on the PowerShell extension and select Disable. Please note that it is important to only have either the PowerShell extension or the PowerShell Preview extension endabled at one time.

Breaking Changes

As stated above, this version of the PowerShell extension only works with Windows PowerShell versions 5.1 and PowerShell Core 6.

Reporting Feedback

An important benefit of a preview extension is getting feedback from users.

To report issues with the extension use our GitHub repo.

When reporting issues be sure to specify the version of the extension you are using.

Sydney Smith
Program Manager

PowerShell Team
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Source: Announcing the PowerShell Preview Extension in VSCode | PowerShell Team Blog

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Brink · Jan 24, 2019

Announcing PowerShell for Visual Studio Code 1.0

Today we are extremely excited to announce that the PowerShell extension for Visual Studio Code has reached version 1.0! We are shipping this update to line up with the PowerShell Core 6.0 Beta.1 release to provide the official PowerShell development experience for all supported platforms:

Windows 7 through 10 with PowerShell v3 and higher

Linux with PowerShell v6 (all PowerShell-supported distribtions)

macOS and OS X with PowerShell v6

Feature Overview

We’ve been working hard over the last year and a half to put together a first-class development experience for PowerShell that includes the following features:

PowerShell ISE-like interactive development experience with the PowerShell Integrated Console

Rich debugging experience including variables view, call stack, watch window, and various breakpoint types

Integrated script analysis and code fixes provided by PSScriptAnalyzer

Code navigations that allow you to find definitions and references of functions across your script files

Highly configurable code formatter based on community best practices

New file and project creation using Plaster templates

Editor scripting API through the $psEditor object model

You can find instructions for installing VS Code and the PowerShell extension at our GitHub repo.

You can also watch this YouTube video for an overview of using the PowerShell extension and Visual Studio Code (warning, loud audio at the beginning):

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What does 1.0 mean?

As you probably have already discovered, the PowerShell Team has shifted to an open-source development model for the majority of our projects. This has enabled us to move extremely quickly, responding to customer feedback by releasing updates on a regular basis. Our focus now is on delivering value and quality quickly and incrementally rather than spending months polishing a single version for release.

With that in mind, we have a bit more flexibility on what it means to ship a 1.0 release of our tools. In the case of the PowerShell extension, increasing the version to 1.0 indicates a few things:

The development workflow of the PowerShell extension is stable enough to deliver a rich, interactive experience across all supported OSes – Windows, Linux, and macOS

Our public APIs are stable and will not have breaking changes in future 1.x releases

We will support the PowerShell extension and Visual Studio Code via issues reported through our respective GitHub repositories

Originally we were planning to release a series of beta releases similar to those of PowerShell Core before finalizing our 1.0 release. It turns out that the Visual Studio Marketplace currently does not support pre-release version names like 1.0.0-beta.1, so the clearest option was to continue forward with 1.0 so that we can indicate our level of committment and support of the extension.

What’s coming next?

We’ve got a lot of great improvements planned for the PowerShell extension, many of which will be coming online within the next few releases.

PowerShell “Project Model” via Plaster – We will be expanding Plaster to provide a rich toolset for developing PowerShell modules in any editor supported by PowerShell Editor Services. More details on this effort will be shared in the near future.

PSReadline support – We will add support for PSReadline in the Integrated Console to give the best possible command-line experience within the editor.

Expanded $psEditor APIs – We will make the editor even more scriptable with new APIs added in future updates.

Localization – English is currently the only supported language but we will eventually be adding
other languages as requested by our community and partners.

User Guide – We are currently producing a complete User Guide for the extension that will help new
users become productive quickly!

Instructional Videos – We will be producing a series of videos explaining how to use the PowerShell
extension for script, module, and DSC resource development. Subscribe to the https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMhQH-yJlr4_XHkwNunfMog to be notified as they are released!

What does this mean for the PowerShell ISE?

The PowerShell ISE has been the official editor for PowerShell throughout most of the history of Windows PowerShell. Now with the advent of the cross-platform PowerShell Core, we need a new official editor that’s available across all supported OS platforms and versions. Visual Studio Code is now that editor and the majority of our effort will be focused there.

However, the PowerShell ISE will remain in Windows supporting Windows PowerShell with no plans to remove it. We will consider investing effort there in the future if there is a high demand for it, but for now we think that we will be able to provide the best possible experience to the PowerShell community through Visual Studio Code.

Keep the feedback coming!

We’ve been receiving a lot of great feedback from the community over the last couple of years which has helped us to prioritize our efforts and deliver a great development experience for everyone. Please feel free to give us your feedback and feature requests at our GitHub repo and click “Watch” to keep up to date with the latest developments.

Thanks a lot for your continued feedback and support, we couldn’t do it without you!

David Wilson – @daviwil
Senior Software Engineer

PowerShell Team
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Source: Announcing PowerShell for Visual Studio Code 1.0! | Windows PowerShell Blog

Brink · Jan 24, 2019

Python Extension for Visual Studio Code - March 2018 Release

We are pleased to announce that the March 2018 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available from the marketplace and the gallery. You can the download the Python extension from the marketplace, or install it directly from the extension gallery in Visual Studio Code. You can learn more about Python support in Visual Studio Code in the VS Code documentation.In this release have closed a total of 61 issues which make the Preview debugger easier to try out, and includes various fixes and enhancements.

Improvements to Preview Debugger

In the February release of the extension we made a Preview of version of our debugger available demonstrating faster debugging performance but limited feature support. In this release we have added further enhancements to the preview.

Debug configurations have been added for more app types: Django, PySpark, Pyramid, Watson, and Scrapy. The preview debugger is also now bundled with the extension so you no longer need to manually install ptvsd to try it out, simply add one of the Experimental Debugger configurations and start debugging:

We’ve also added support for Django template debugging, you can set breakpoints in a Django app and view variables in the templates:

We’ve also added the following capabilities:

Support for debugging unit tests

Jinja template debugging support for apps other than Flask

Various Fixes and Enhancements

We have also fixed several small enhancements and fixed issues requested by users that should improve your experience working with Python in Visual Studio Code. The full list of improvements is listed in our changelog, some notable issues are:

Pipenv improvements: added the ability to read Pipfile name from the environment variable (#999), development-time packages are installed into dev-packages (#1110)

Add support for the "it" locale #1152

Improved extension load time #931

Unit test discovery banner is suppressed when test discovery failure is caused by syntax errors in test code #704

Conda installer is not used in non-conda environments #969

Prevent extension from displaying the wrong interpreter #981

Fixed high CPU Usage in wmic process on Windows #1036

Stop autocomplete from appearing in comments #1123

Be sure to download the Python extension for VS Code now to try out the above improvements. If you run into any issues be sure to file an issue on the Python VS Code GitHub page.
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Source: Python in Visual Studio Code – March 2018 Release Python Engineering at Microsoft

Ankit Rajput · Jan 24, 2019

Cannot install Edge extension Translator

Hi,

I realize the inconvenience you are experiencing with installing Edge extension translator. I will certainly help you with the issue.

I would suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below and check if that helps:

Open Powershell as admin.

Type: "Get-AppxPackage *pocket* | Remove-AppxPackage" without the quotes this will unsintall pocket. You can try skipping step 3.

Type: "Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}" without the quotes.

this will reinstall all stock apps including the Windows Store

Now you should be able to install Pocket through the Windows Store.

Note: Replace *pocket* in step 2 with *extensionname* (example: pocket extension).

Hope this information helps.

Please get back to us with an update on the issue, we will be happy to help.

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