{"id":9548,"date":"2015-07-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/?p=9548"},"modified":"2016-07-20T12:21:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:21:34","slug":"powershell-guis-where-do-i-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/16\/powershell-guis-where-do-i-start\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerShell GUIs: Where do I start?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve been using Windows PowerShell since the very first version of Monad in 2005, but PowerShell-based applications with a graphic user interface (GUI) are a whole new world. Instead of thinking of cmdlets and parameters or properties and methods, you need to think in object events. And because there’s no console with .ps1xml-directed views, you need manage all output streams, including standard output and errors.<\/p>\n

Most importantly, because you’re dealing with real users, you need to assume that people will type and click whatever they please in whatever order you let them. It reminds me of turning the car over to my teenagers for the first time. In a GUI app, the user drives. So, if you don’t want them to go somewhere, you need to enable and reveal parts of the interface selectively.<\/p>\n

PowerShell Studio automates the complex parts, including loading assemblies, instantiating objects, and registering event handlers, so you can focus on making great PowerShell GUI apps.<\/p>\n

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Here are some of the fabulous resources that I used to help me learn how to create PowerShell GUIs. If you have a favorite book, tutorial, or blog post, comment and I’ll add it to this post.<\/p>\n

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My First PowerShell GUI<\/h1>\n

If you’re starting from scratch, start here:<\/p>\n