DEV Community: Moheshwar Amarnath Biswas

21 key points to be a successful developer!

Moheshwar Amarnath Biswas — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 17:55:09 +0000

Discipline and Sacrifice
Patience and Dedication
Be Rational/Logical
Focus
Avoid shortcuts (not keyboard shortcuts though)
Make GitHub your social media!
Avoid Tutorial/Book Hell
Share your knowledge and projects
Read other's code
Networking skill
Find different ways of solving problems
Don't jump in career
Read documentation
Value good design
Make your own boilerplate
Don't compare yourself with others!
Don't follow anyone blindly
Have reading and writing habits
Avoid negativity
Enjoy your life
Take breaks!

Make your terminal look like 10x developer!

Moheshwar Amarnath Biswas — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:11:53 +0000

My shell setup

For up-to-date instructions please refer to: https://github.com/fluentmoheshwar/shell#readme

I'm super excited to share with you my awesome shell setup that makes my coding life so much easier and fun! 😍

All you need to do is clone this repo and run appropriate script. It will install everything you need in a snap (excluding terminal and nerd font).

Features:

Command Completion with PSReadLine and PowerType
sudo on windows using gsudo
Beautiful Prompt Using starship

Installation

Windows

Run windows.bat

Linux



bash ./linux.sh

Note: Only Ubuntu LTS and it's derivatives is supported.

Mac

Warning: This script isn't tested! I don't have a mac.



bash ./mac.sh

Updating

use git pull and re-run appropriate script.

Terminal Setup Instructions

You need to use one of these terminals: Supported Terminals You also need to use a nerd font. Trust me, you will love the icons and glyphs. 😎 Remember to set the nerd font and powershell as your default shell in your terminal. I'm showing setup instruction for Windows Terminal, Hyper and Visual Studio Code Integrated Terminal below.
I'm using Cascadia Code Nerd Font as example.

Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal > Click on the arrow > Settings

Set PowerShell as default shell and Windows Terminal as default terminal like below.

Go to Default > Appearance > Set your nerd font as default.

Restart terminal

Hyper

Hyper>Edit>Preferences

Add the following to your hyper.js file



module.exports = {
  config: {
    // Uncomment below for Linux/Mac
    // shell: '/usr/bin/pwsh',
    // Uncomment below for Windows
    // shell: 'C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\7\\pwsh.exe'
    fontFamily: "CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font Mono",
    disableLigatures: false,
  },
};

Visual Studio Code Integrated Terminal

Click on the gear icon> Settings

Click Open settings.json icon.

Add the following code in your settings.json file.



{
  "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "PowerShell",
  "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.linux": "pwsh",
  "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.osx": "pwsh",
  "terminal.integrated.shellIntegration.suggestEnabled": true,
  "editor.fontFamily": "CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font Mono"
}

Make your Desktop look cool using Rainmeter!

Moheshwar Amarnath Biswas — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 07:28:03 +0000

First, we need to Download the Wallpaper

Then install Rainmeter.
Download Rainmeter or install it via winget

winget install rainmeter

Then install the Mond skin
Download Mond

Then a setting will appear on desktop. Configure it to your needs.

Unfortunately, I can't get the Mond weather to get working. So, I just unloaded the weather.

Move the widgets wherever you want. Then open rainmeter>mond>clock>clock.ini then set the position to on desktop and untick draggable.
Follow the same instructions as before for every widget you added.

For the performance stats we need another skin called Win10Widgets
Download Win10Widgets
Install as before but this time untick apply included layout.

Then Rainmeter>Win10 Widgets>Performance - Combo> Combo-Wide.ini> Load then move it wherever you want. then set the position to on desktop and untick draggable.

Now we have Performance Stats.

For the top bar we need another skin called Droptop
Download Droptop
Install as before but this time untick apply included layout.
There you have a topbar. droptop has a lot of customization features. I am not covering it in this post.

Bonus: If you want a transparent taskbar then you can install this app TranslucentTB

Bonus 2: If you want a snow effect on desktop then you can install IcyStrom