You signed in with another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session.You signed out in another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session.You switched accounts on another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session.Dismiss alert
Copy file name to clipboardExpand all lines: README.md
+8-3
Original file line number
Diff line number
Diff line change
@@ -8,17 +8,22 @@ It includes a command-line shell, an associated scripting language and a framewo
8
8
Windows PowerShell is a Windows command-line shell designed especially for system administrators.
9
9
Windows PowerShell includes an interactive prompt and a scripting environment that can be used independently or in combination.
10
10
11
-
The PowerShell Standard has been created to assist developers create modules and PowerShell hosts which will use only APIs that exist across different versions of PowerShell.
11
+
PowerShell Standard is a reference assembly that has been created to assist developers create modules and PowerShell hosts which will run on PowerShell.
12
+
The reference assembly contains no actual implementation but rather will allow you to use only APIs that exist across different versions of PowerShell. This means that you still need to run within a PowerShell runtime.
13
+
14
+
> NOTE: You should not use PowerShell Standard for standalone applications that leverage PowerShell.
15
+
For that, you should use the [PowerShell SDK](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK).
16
+
PowerShell Standard's main scenario is for running within a PowerShell session.
12
17
13
18
## PowerShell Standard Libraries
14
19
15
20
Two PowerShell Standard `.nupkg` versions are available:
16
21
17
22
- PowerShell Standard.Library Version 3
18
-
- This allows you to create PowerShell modules and host which will run on PowerShell Version 3 and later including PowerShellCore
23
+
- This allows you to create PowerShell modules and PowerShell hosts which will run on PowerShell Version 3 and later including PowerShellCore
19
24
20
25
- PowerShell Standard.Library Version 5.1
21
-
- This allows you to create PowerShell modules and host which will run on PowerShell Version 5.1 and later including PowerShellCore
26
+
- This allows you to create PowerShell modules and PowerShell hosts which will run on PowerShell Version 5.1 and later including PowerShellCore
22
27
23
28
Both are available on [NuGet.org](https://www.nuget.org/packages/PowerShellStandard.Library)
0 commit comments