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Discussion on: Besides me, Who else Uses Windows for coding?

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Adam

I've never tried anything else but then I've been a Windows user all my life and have only been a developer for the last year 2 years. I've never used Linux or anything like it so I could fall in love with it but I've never really had a reason to try anything else because I've never reached any limitations with using Windows!

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Kabue Charles • Edited

i have written code in ( JavaScript, Used NodeJS, C#, ASP.NET Core, used Git, C++ ) both in Linux and Windows and i very much prefer widows, could be i have never really required to strictly use Linux...

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Adam

Yeah I think my preference is currently based only on what I need and Windows provides that so I haven't bothered to look else where! When I bought my current laptop I was very tempted to get it built with Linux so I could feel like a 'real programmer' but didn't want to risk not liking it and have gotten over the silly stuff lol

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mbtts

only been a developer for the last year 2 years [...] I've never really had a reason to try anything else because I've never reached any limitations with using Windows!

Early versions of npm did not work well with Windows - so you missed out on the fun and games.

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Adam

Yeah I've seen a lot of more experienced devs talking about the old days when it was a bit of a wild west lol - seems a great time for entry now things are much more cross compatible!