A bit of context for this post, I prefer UNIX environments for development work, and previously only used Windows for gaming/general use. But having recently (when I wrote this originally in October 2021) started a new job at a company that uses a Windows environment for development, I found myself having to learn to adapt. For future reference, I'm documenting what things I have installed and need for development. I'm also open to suggestions and changes for useful things if you have any
VSCode
My code editor of choice.
Windows Terminal
Installed from the Microsoft Store, this is just a nicer experience than plain Powershell in my opinion.
Mike Larah wrote a good post on customising this
Chocolatey
A package manager for Windows
Allows you to install software from the command line, works similar to apt-get on UNIX machines.
link here
Docker
choco install docker-desktop
WSL
Mainly because Docker requires it:
link here
Docker Desktop will also prompt for this to be updated.
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