A friend of mine found this blog yesterday and commented on “PowerShellToolsandBooksThatIUse“. I thought that it would be good to update the list since it’s almost 2 years old. The changes are mostly incremental: version changes, a few new items, a few I don’t use much anymore.
Without further ado, here we go (now with linky-goodness!):
Tools I Use (note…these are all free!):
- PowerShell ISE (I know it’s part of the install, but I use it a lot!)
- PowerGUIScriptEditor (I still haven’t gotten the hang of PowerGUI itself)
- PowershellCommunityExtensions 2.0 (PSCX)
- SQLPowerShellExtensions 2.3 (SQLPSX)
- PrimalFormsCommunityEdition (free registration required) Download under “Free Tools/32-bit”
Books:
- PowerShellInAction,2ndEdition by Bruce Payette (just released yesterday, 5/18!)
- ProfessionalWindowsPowerShellProgramming: Snapins, Cmdlets, HostsandProviders by Arul Kumaravel et. al. (PowerShell 1.0, but still has good info about building hosts)
- MasteringPowerShell by Dr. Tobias Weltner
- PowerShellinPractice, by Richard Siddaway
In addition to these, there are any number of blogs (I really need to update mylist) that I subscribe to in google reader. Also, there’s a very active community on StackOverflow that will usually be able to provide direction if you’re not sure what’s going on.
As I said the last time, there are lots of other tools and books, but these are the ones I keep coming back to.
Let me know if you think I missed something super-important.
Mike
A friend of mine found this blog yesterday and commented on “PowerShellToolsandBooksThatIUse“. I thought that it would be good to update the list since it’s almost 2 years old. The changes are mostly incremental: version changes, a few new items, a few I don’t use much anymore.
Without further ado, here we go (now with linky-goodness!):
Tools I Use (note…these are all free!):
● PowerShell ISE (I know it’s part of the install, but I use it a lot!)
● PowerGUIScriptEditor (I still haven’t gotten the hang of PowerGUI itself)
● PowershellCommunityExtensions 2.0 (PSCX)
● SQLPowerShellExtensions 2.3 (SQLPSX)
● PrimalFormsCommunityEdition (free registration required) Download under “Free Tools/32-bit”
Books:
● PowerShellInAction,2ndEdition by Bruce Payette (just released yesterday, 5/18!)
● ProfessionalWindowsPowerShellProgramming: Snapins, Cmdlets, HostsandProviders by Arul Kumaravel et. al. (PowerShell 1.0, but still has good info about building hosts)
● MasteringPowerShell by Dr. Tobias Weltner
● PowerShellinPractice, by Richard Siddaway
In addition to these, there are any number of blogs (I really need to update mylist) that I subscribe to in google reader. Also, there’s a very active community on StackOverflow that will usually be able to provide direction if you’re not sure what’s going on.
As I said the last time, there are lots of other tools and books, but these are the ones I keep coming back to.
Let me know if you think I missed something super-important.
Mike
