CodeManager 8.0 released

It has been a while, but here is a finally new version of the Code Manager (probably the last though).
Mainly lots of fixes and compatibility improvements with Powershell 7, but also a few nice performance improvements and some new features, so I hope you like it.

New and Improved

Code Visualizer

Faster
Graph calculation for large scripts, as well as applying filters is twice as fast as before

Function Filter
You can now filter as many functions as you like, either by selecting them in the all-functions overview or directly in the graph.

Graph Customization
New Options for colorization and function node display are available in the options bar

Code Manager

Search Result Filter
You can now apply quick-filters for all or selected search results, and save these as a preset as well.

Improved File Monitor
CodeManager reacts faster to changes in the monitored locations and further limits necessary re-             indexing

And:

– Search in large Snippet Collections improved
– New tooltip/quick info – details for all objects in the snippet/script explorer
– New keyboard shortcuts added (see help file for complete list)

Code Window

Improved Inside Code Search
Faster, with improved “mark all results”-feature

Improved Script Edit Mode
Inline syntax coloring and search support

Faster Syntax Coloring
Large scripts are displayed about 3 times faster than before

_And:

• about 40 bugfixes and smaller handling improvements.

Free Download

You can download the installer (or Zip) on CodeManagers home base: here.

Have a nice day,
Denniver

Azure Automation Snippet Pack 2

I’ve updated the Azure Snippet Pack. It now includes a set of 40 Azure snippets (in the form of reusable functions and scripts) to get you started with Azure PowerShell automation.
There are snippets for user-, group- and role-management, ASC, authentication, installation, virtual machines, storage and SQL and all of them use either the Azure PowerShell AZ module or Azure CLI.

Highlights:

              

 

• • New-AzureContextFile
    • Login to Azure and save the current authentication information to use in PowerShell scripts
  • Use-AzureContextFile
    • Login to Azure via credential (context) File
  • Check-AZmodule
    • Check if the latest available Azure Powershell AZ modules are installed
  • Install-AZmodule
    • Install the AZ module (with auto-elevation)

                

 

• • Create-AzureVM
    • Creates a new Azure virtual machine with all necessary resources
  • Remove-AzureVM
    • Removes a virtual machine and all attached resources
  • List-VmSize
    • Retrieves a up-to-date list of all available Azure Virtual Machine sizes in a given location
  • List-VmSkus
    • Retrieves a up-to-date list of all Azure virtual machine offers and their SKUs for a certain or all publishers in a given location

                  

 

• • New-AzureSQLDB
    • Creates a new SQL instance including firewall rule and database
  • New-GeoReplication
    • Configure an active geo-replication for a single database

                

 

• • Azure File Share Backup
    • Creates a backup for all file shares protected by Azure Backup in a subscription
  • Set-AzureBlobContent
    • Upload Files to an Azure blob

Download

You can download the snippet pack here: CodeManager CMB File

• The CMB-file can be installed quickly in CodeManager v7 via Snippet Backup->Restore.
• It contains ISE-snippets, so you can use them directly in ISE, but they can be used with CodeManager with any editor (like VSCode) of course.
• If you wish, you can open CMB files with any ZIP-capable program
  

Have a nice day!
Denniver

CodeManager 7.5 released

So, this one is kind of an interim release. I’m am working on a few big features (like “visual debugging” :) and multi language support) but I am not done yet. But, I fixed a bunch of bugs  and added a few minor features along  the way, so…

…here is whats new:

New and Improved

 
Advanced Search

– Regex Support
– Folder Search
– New Filters

 
Search Time

Search time decrease by 50%

 

 
Python Support

– Explorer support for Python script files and snippets
– Python syntax coloring
– Search Python scripts and snippets

 
Snippet Backup

– Backup scheduler
– Decreased backup file size
– Selective restore

 
Visualizer

– Optimized connector path finding in Sugiyama mode
– Node colorization scheme improvement
– Speed improvement for scripts with 50+ Nodes

_And:

• about 30 bugfixes and smaller handling improvements.

Free Download

You can download the installer (or Zip) on CodeManagers home base: here.

Have a nice day,
Denniver

Azure Cloud CLI PowerShell Bash AZ RM… what? :-)

Can you imagine your job without the seemingly never ending stream of new buzz words, terms and abbreviations?
I can, easily. :-)

Regarding Azure command line administration and automation there are a few important terms, which can be easily confused and therefore can make things seem more complicated than they really are or simply mess up conversations.
So here is a little guide to help you find your way through the Azure command line jungle:

Azure Cloud Shell or Azure Shell or Cloud Shell

• Is a browser-based console for administrating Azure
• Comes in two flavors: PowerShell and Linux Bash
• Access and configuration see here
• Can be integrated in Visual Studio Code via an extension

Azure PowerShell

• Is the PowerShell variant of the Azure Cloud Shell
• Contains all commands of the Azure PowerShell AZ module (see below) and a subset of the locally in PowerShell available commands (about 400)
• Is sometimes also used to describe anything regarding the use of PowerShell scripts or commands to manage Azure :/

Azure CLI

• Is a set of commands to manage Azure resources
• Can be used inside the PowerShell or the Bash version of Azure Cloud Shell
  • Type the command “AZ” into Azure PowerShell or Bash (more details see here)
  • Not to be confused with the PowerShell AZ module (I know…)
• Can be downloaded and locally installed on Windows and Linux
  • can be used (depending on OS) via PowerShell, Bash and CMD for remote administration

Azure PowerShell AZ or AZ module

• Is the name of a PowerShell module
• Is the replacement for the retired AzureRM module (see below)
• Contains 46 sub-modules with a total of 2353 commands
• Is available inside Azure PowerShell
• Can be downloaded and installed locally to manage Azure remotely
• Local installation is supported on
  • PowerShell 5.1 – Windows
  • PowerShell Core 6.0 – Windows, Mac OS, Linux
  • PowerShell Core 6.1 – Windows, Mac OS, Linux

AzureRM

• Is the name of a soon to be retired PowerShell module
• Not to be confused with the Azure Resource Manager, which is the web UI to manage Azure and is also sometimes shortened as Azure RM or more often as ARM
• Is the predecessor of the Azure PowerShell AZ module
• Should not be used anymore
• Commands are still supported as aliases in the AZ module
• A migration guide for scripts and snippets from AzureRM to PowerShell AZ is available here

 

Hopefully that clears things up a little.
If your are getting started with Azure automation, check out the  Azure Automation Snippet Pack.

Have a nice day,
Denniver

CodeManager 7 is out!

So, this one is all about… what CodeManager was always all about, if that makes sense. :)
The reason I created CM in the first place, was to have an quick and easy way to recycle code. I hate doing things twice and I am annoyingly forgetful when it comes to certain things. So I needed a quick way to find code again that I had already written, but didn’t bother to turn into a easy-to-find snippet.
And CodeManager does that already quite well I think. But, there is always room for improvement, so there is a new advanced search dialog, support for boolean expressions (yeah! :) ), quick folder sorting and a way to quickly set up shop on another machine, share snippets… and so on.  Sounds good?

So here is whats new:

Advanced Search

Build complex search queries, just with a few clicks or keystrokes.

Custom Search Queries

– Boolean expressions
– Search Scripts or Snippets
– Date Filters
– Node restrictions

Decreased Search Time

Search time via the new advanced
search is now 200% quicker when
searching large scripts

 

Snippet Backup & Restore

• Quickly create single file backups of all your snippets and scripts.
• Easily share your snippets with a colleague or install them on a new machine.

Backup and Restore

– Manual or automatic backup each time CodeManager exits
– Backup any folder from its context menu
– Hashing Function
– Selective Restore

Quick Setup / Share snippets 

– Easily transfer snippets to another Computer
– Install with a click
– Auto Cloud Storage Sync

Quick Sort

You can now quickly sort (name or last change date) every folder, node or sub node via its context menu.

_

And:

• Optimized UI: More space for the snippet explorer
• Enhanced tooltip/quick info – details for objects in the snippet/script explorer
• Enhanced pathfinding and layer separation in Visualizer
• Function Search – search inside selected functions
• New keyboard shortcuts added
• New theme
• New format for snippet packs

As well as about 40 bugfixes and countless little handling improvements.

Free Download

You can download the installer (or Zip) on CodeManagers home base: here.

Have a nice day,
Denniver

Azure Automation Snippet Pack

I’ve created a set of 20 Azure snippets (in the form of reusable functions) to get you started with Azure PowerShell automation.
There are snippets for authentication, installation, virtual machines, storage and SQL and all of them use the new Azure PowerShell AZ module which is the replacement for the AzureRM module.

Highlights:

              

 

• • New-AzureContextFile
    • Login to Azure and save the current authentication information to use in PowerShell scripts
  • Use-AzureContextFile
    • Login to Azure via credential (context) File
  • Check-AZmodule
    • Check if the latest available Azure Powershell AZ modules are installed
  • Install-AZmodule
    • Install the AZ module (with auto-elevation)

                

 

• • Create-AzureVM
    • Creates a new Azure virtual machine with all necessary resources
  • Remove-AzureVM
    • Removes a virtual machine and all attached resources
  • List-VmSize
    • Retrieves a up-to-date list of all available Azure Virtual Machine sizes in a given location
  • List-VmSkus
    • Retrieves a up-to-date list of all Azure virtual machine offers and their SKUs for a certain or all publishers in a given location

                  

 

• • New-AzureSQLDB
    • Creates a new SQL instance including firewall rule and database
  • New-GeoReplication
    • Configure an active geo-replication for a single database

                

 

• • Azure File Share Backup
    • Creates a backup for all file shares protected by Azure Backup in a subscription
  • Set-AzureBlobContent
    • Upload Files to an Azure blob

Download

You can download the snippet pack here: CodeManager CMB File

• The CMB-file can be installed quickly in CodeManager v7 via Snippet Backup->Restore.
• It contains ISE-snippets, so you can use them directly in ISE, but they can be used with CodeManager with any editor (like VSCode) of course.
• If you wish, you can open CMB files with any ZIP-capable program
  

 

Have a nice day!
Denniver

CodeManager 5 released!

I’m happy to announce the release of PowerShell CodeManager 5.0!

CodeManager? Yes, I changed the name again. :)  But not (just) for fun. As the added support for scripts in the last version might have indicated, this tool is becoming more and more about PowerShell code in general, not just in the form of snippets.

So this time I did not (just) built in the usual annual improvements about handling snippets. For this 5th anniversary release, I implemented a whole bunch of great new features. One of these new features for example, tells me that this version has 14004 lines of powershell code, including 193 functions and that I used 1725 unique variables and is therefore not just feature-wise the biggest update for this tool yet. :)

So here is whats new:

Code Visualizer

The new Visualizer creates interactive function dependency graphs. That means it displays all the functions of a script and connects them, to depict how they interact with each other and from where they are being called.

Interactive Map –Each element of the graph can be clicked to show the code of the selected function and the position from where a function is being called.

Documentation – Document the logical structure of your script. Graphs can be printed and saved either as a PNG image or in vector format to allow further editing in any vector capable graphics tool.

Zoom in – Graphs can be created for complete scripts, as well as single functions and their relations.

Customize – You can choose between different layout algorithms, connector-types and color schemes. Nodes and connectors can be manually rearranged.

Code Manager  (former “Snippet Injector”)

Function Explorer – Overview and quick direct access to all functions in a script, module or snippet

Script Execution – Launch scripts directly from CodeManager with quick access to command line options

File Monitor – CodeManager now watches all locations for changes and quickly and quietly updates any changes made outside code explorer

Partial Reindexing – Helpful for larger script and snippet libraries: in most cases, necessary re-indexing is now limited to the folder the change occurred in.

Quick Search Option Buttons – For inside script code search and regular expressions

Custom Font Settings – Font type and size can now be set for the code window and code explorer

And:

– Support for PowerShell modules

– Full set of explorer functions now supported

– New keyboard shortcuts added (see help file for complete list)

– Performance Options for slow computers regarding syntax coloring of huge scripts and code search

Code Window

Info Window – Quick info to file -path, -size, -attributes, -hash, -description and code statistics.

Inside Code Search – Next-/Last-result buttons to click though all search results / highlight all results option

Edit and Save Scripts – Not meant for script writing (yet J), but useful for quick changes and before execution edits

Quick Snippet creation – From selection inside code window

Now Resizable

Floating Launcher

New Design / Dark and Bright Theme available

Four Sizes to choose from

Sounds good? Then…

Free Download

Either turn on the update-check in Snippet Manager 4 or download the installer (or Zip) manually on CodeManagers home base: here.

Have a nice day!

Denniver

Snippet Manager 4.01 released

Hi, some people have been reporting an issue with the “Add Location”-buttons when using Snippet Manager on Windows 10. This update takes care of the problem and fixes a few minor issues with the installer as well.

You can get the update as always via the internal update function or download the msi or zip here.

Have a great day,
Denniver

V4 is here!

Hi everybody, i’d like to announce the release of Snippet Manager & Injector v4! This time it’s all about speed and comfort. There are some very nice new features, but my focus was: improvement.

Here’s what’s new:

Script Files Support

The Injector now indexes and searches your script (ps1) files!
Snippets are great. But, as fast and easy they are created with Snippet Manager, you still need to create them. And you will, very soon, but today you need a function that does … and you know you already did something exactly like this a while ago. Mhm… but what was the name of that script again…?
You can now quickly find a certain script and re-use some of its code. Just type the name or some of the code you are looking for in the search box… done!

Regex Search

Manager and Injector now support regular expressions in all search fields.

Injector Enhancements

– Injectors Code Preview Window now allows to scroll and select parts of the snippet or script code
– Selected code gets copied to clipboard or loaded into auto-injector automatically
– Injector now supports multiple snippet or script locations
– Injector and Manager explorers have separate location lists to allow each explorer being customized for it’s task
– Drag and Drop File and Folder operations
– … and lots of other improvements like: Large Quick-hide Buttons, Expand and Collapse Buttons, a hide-emtpy-folders option etc.

Speed

Location indexing and Search speed have been massively improved. On a fast local drive, Injector can search code in thousands of scripts and display its results in under 2 seconds!

Resizable “Floating Launcher”

This has been wished for, so now you can choose three different sizes for the floating launcher button. Happy? :)

Open in External Editor

You can open scripts via double click from Injector in any editor capable of handling powershell scripts.
That way Injector can even serve as an easy access, de luxe “open file” dialog for your script editor, complete with search function!

Start Mode Option

You can now simply set in the options menu, what you want to see when you start Snippet Manager: the Manager window, the Injector window or just the floating launcher button.

And also countless small fixes and nice handling improvements you will discover by yourself… :)

 

Free Download

Either turn on the update-check in Snippet Manager 3 or download the installer (or Zip) manually on SnippetManagers home base: here.

That’s it, I hope you enjoy the new Snippet Manager and Injector and as always: please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Have a nice day!

Denniver

Snippet Manager 3 released

After months of night shifts, I am very pleased (and a little bit proud) to announce the launch of Snippet Manager & Injector v3! With about 8000 lines of Powershell code, it’s (literally) the biggest update for SnippetManager yet. :) It has really exciting new features and countless improvements and fixes. And did i mention it is of course still completely free?
In short, if you are using snippets, you will love this.

Here’s what’s new:

The Snippet Injector!

What’s that?
Well, there has always been a “weak link” in the otherwise great “using code snippets”-idea. And that is: how to most quickly and comfortably find and insert the snippet you need. The insert-snippet pop-ups in PowerGui and ISE are suboptimal at best: Way too small, no search possible and ISE does not even support folders! (see, i do read your emails) :)
So in other words, if you have more than a couple of snippets or maybe want your snippets on a network share, you are screwed.

This is where the Injector comes in. The Injector is a pop-up window, that appears on the side of the screen, lets you search and select a snippet and with the next click (or hotkey press) inserts the snippet into your editor. Any editor.
The Injector has many nice features like Tooltips with syntax coloring, supports different ways of Snippet injection and can be customized in various ways.

Sounds good? :)
This is how it looks like:

Find more videos on Snippet Managers homebase.

PoshCode Search

If you need a pre-coded solution for a task or problem in your script, you can now simply search on PoshCode.org from inside SnippetManager. It’s fully integrated, so you search as you would for local snippets. The results appear in the SnippetExplorer with their description and can be used by a click.

 

This is just the start of the integration of web-sources and -storage (nope, i did not say cloud, no no…. :)). There is much more to come.

Custom Syntax Coloring

It always sounds a bit unimportant, but it is not: Syntax coloring lets you read and comprehend code faster. And if you have found your optimal colors, it’s a distraction if any of your coding tools uses different ones.

So now aside from the two shipped coloring schemes (ISE color scheme, SnippetManager color scheme) you can create your own scheme. Fine tune the existing schemes or create a completely new one. Either way, odd colors won’t distract you anymore.

 

Better Network Support

This has been wished for, so i did my best to remedy the most urgent problems: SnippetManager should now run smoothly from network-shares, work with shared snippet repositories and supports roaming profiles. Happy? :-)

More new features and improvements are:

#   Improved SnippetExplorer
#   “Floating Launcher” – Movable button to quickly launch Injector or Manager
#   Notification Icon – quickly launch Injector or Manager. Can be used together with or instead of the floating launcher.
#   Completely new Design! And with fancy stuff, like graphical buttons. Yay! :)
#   All settings, window positions and slider positions are stored and restored via the settings file now.
And countless small fixes and handling improvements…

 

Download

Snippet Manager 3 does not come via auto-update at the moment, because I have a little bit of trouble with the free msi-creator I used for v2. This might take me a few more days.

Fixed the installer issue. Thanks to the guys at Caphyon!

So either turn on the update-check in Snippet Manager 2 or download the installer manually on SnippetManagers home base: here.
On that page is also a Basic Snippet Pack ready for download now, to get you started if you have no snippets yet.

That’s it, I hope you enjoy the new Snippet Manager and Injector as much as I do.

Have a nice day!

Denniver