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PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio provides PowerShell language support to the development environment. You can enhance your experience with PowerShell Pro Tools features such as packaging, user interface designers and code conversion.
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Feature | PowerShell Tools | PowerShell Pro Tools |
Editor | ✅ | ✅ |
Syntax Highlighting | ✅ | ✅ |
IntelliSense | ✅ | ✅ |
PSScriptAnalyzer Support | ❌ | ✅ |
Quick Fix Support | ❌ | ✅ |
Function Navigation | ✅ | ✅ |
Snippets | ✅ | ✅ |
C# to PowerShell Code Conversion | ❌ | ✅ |
Project System | | |
Build events | ✅ | ✅ |
Bundling | ❌ | ✅ |
Package as executable | ❌ | ✅ |
Obfuscation | ❌ | ✅ |
Debugging |
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Local Debugging | ✅ | ✅ |
Remote Debugging | ✅ | ✅ |
Locals and Watch Window | ✅ | ✅ |
Call Stack Window | ✅ | ✅ |
Pester Test Adapter | ✅ | ✅ |
Tools | | |
Module Explorer | ✅ | ✅ |
MSI Installer Cmdlets | ❌ | ✅ |
WinForm Designer | ❌ | ✅ |
WPF Designer | ❌ | ✅ |
Profiler | ❌ | ✅ |
