The latest articles on DEV Community by Danielle (@danielle). https://dev.to/danielle https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F145809%2Fac29d26f-ed84-44a7-82ff-c0172a110747.jpg https://dev.to/danielle en Danielle Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:40:00 +0000 https://dev.to/danielle/setting-up-my-windows-dev-environment-197i https://dev.to/danielle/setting-up-my-windows-dev-environment-197i <p>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</p> <h2> VSCode </h2> <p>My code editor of choice.</p> <h2> Windows Terminal </h2> <p>Installed from the Microsoft Store, this is just a nicer experience than plain Powershell in my opinion.<br> Mike Larah wrote a good <a href="https://endjin.com/blog/2020/05/5-tips-for-an-awesome-windows-terminal-experience">post</a> on customising this</p> <h2> Chocolatey </h2> <p>A package manager for Windows<br> Allows you to install software from the command line, works similar to <code>apt-get</code> on UNIX machines.<br> <a href="https://chocolatey.org/">link here</a></p> <h2> Docker </h2> <p><code>choco install docker-desktop</code></p> <h2> WSL </h2> <p>Mainly because Docker requires it:<br> <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual#step-4---download-the-linux-kernel-update-package">link here</a><br> Docker Desktop will also prompt for this to be updated.</p>