From 01afe3e32dd57157957ba03c998189bec8af481b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tyler James Leonhardt Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 07:55:43 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] be more clear about hosts --- README.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f7e07f4..f5c4e0b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ It includes a command-line shell, an associated scripting language and a framewo Windows PowerShell is a Windows command-line shell designed especially for system administrators. Windows PowerShell includes an interactive prompt and a scripting environment that can be used independently or in combination. -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. +The PowerShell Standard has been created to assist developers create modules and PowerShell hosts which will run on PowerShell and which will use only APIs that exist across different versions of PowerShell. ## PowerShell Standard Libraries Two PowerShell Standard `.nupkg` versions are available: - PowerShell Standard.Library Version 3 - - This allows you to create PowerShell modules and host which will run on PowerShell Version 3 and later including PowerShellCore + - This allows you to create PowerShell modules and PowerShell hosts which will run on PowerShell Version 3 and later including PowerShellCore - PowerShell Standard.Library Version 5.1 - - This allows you to create PowerShell modules and host which will run on PowerShell Version 5.1 and later including PowerShellCore + - This allows you to create PowerShell modules and PowerShell hosts which will run on PowerShell Version 5.1 and later including PowerShellCore Both are available on [NuGet.org](https://www.nuget.org/packages/PowerShellStandard.Library) From 238912a84c1767eead794adedfbac554567ad8f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tyler James Leonhardt Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 07:59:57 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] add note --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f5c4e0b..c62dab5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Windows PowerShell includes an interactive prompt and a scripting environment th The PowerShell Standard has been created to assist developers create modules and PowerShell hosts which will run on PowerShell and which will use only APIs that exist across different versions of PowerShell. +> NOTE: You should not use PowerShell Standard for standalone applications that leverage PowerShell. +For that, you should use the [PowerShell SDK](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK). +PowerShell Standard's main scenario is for running within a PowerShell session. + ## PowerShell Standard Libraries Two PowerShell Standard `.nupkg` versions are available: From c6c7300d20122d1a61ed2306d97ffc71a1a38a12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tyler James Leonhardt Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 22:21:53 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] =?UTF-8?q?Steve=E2=80=99s=20feedback?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- README.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c62dab5..5e66ca2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ It includes a command-line shell, an associated scripting language and a framewo Windows PowerShell is a Windows command-line shell designed especially for system administrators. Windows PowerShell includes an interactive prompt and a scripting environment that can be used independently or in combination. -The PowerShell Standard has been created to assist developers create modules and PowerShell hosts which will run on PowerShell and which will use only APIs that exist across different versions of PowerShell. +PowerShell Standard is a reference assembly that has been created to assist developers create modules and PowerShell hosts which will run on PowerShell. +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. > NOTE: You should not use PowerShell Standard for standalone applications that leverage PowerShell. For that, you should use the [PowerShell SDK](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK).