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PowerGui vs Visual Studio Code

A side-by-side look at PowerGui and Visual Studio Code. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

PowerGui

PowerGui

Development

PowerGui is a free and open source graphical user interface tool and script editor for Windows PowerShell. It provides features like syntax highlighting, tab completion, visual debugging, and script execution. PowerGui makes it easy to write, edit, run and debug PowerShell scripts.

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Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code

Development

Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source, lightweight code editor developed by Microsoft. It supports debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, and Git control. VS Code has a large extension ecosystem allowing developers to add new languages, themes, debuggers and tools.

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