Use the Debugger in the Windows PowerShell ISE

re: Use the Debugger in the Windows PowerShell ISE

Ed Wilson — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:37:59 GMT

@BigTeddy Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed the series on debugging. Also thank you so much for your comments ... I loved your idea about creating a beep. Take care, and have a great weekend.

re: Use the Debugger in the Windows PowerShell ISE

Ed Wilson — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:35:19 GMT

@Klaus Schulte Yes, the PS Debugger does take a bit of getting used to. It is also a different experience using it from the PowerShell console as opposed to using it in the ISE. The great thing about it is that it is built into PowerShell 2.0, and there is no additional download or additional configuration required ... it is already there when one needs to use it. To be clear, good script design, and good development techniques can greatly reduce the need for debugging ... but when one gets stuck, knowing how to use the PowerShell debugger can save one hours of troubleshooting on a complex script. Thanks for your comments, and have a great weekend.

re: Use the Debugger in the Windows PowerShell ISE

Bigteddy — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:05:22 GMT

Ed, thanks for that great series on debugging. I think you covered it!

re: Use the Debugger in the Windows PowerShell ISE

Klaus Schulte — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:24:55 GMT

Hi Ed,

the PS debugger is something to get used to.

Using it with the ISE is a bit more comfortable of course.

But it is integrated into powersehll and that's an advantage over many other scripting languages like VBScript. An interpreted language like most scripting languages are, doesn't require much more sophisticated debugging capabilities because you can do all further debugging in the interpreter itself. In fact it has some capabilities that otherwise are integrated into large scale development suites like eclipse or Visual Studio.

So we can't have it all ... but we have a solid basis to start with!

Klaus.