Best PowerShell Dev Environment on Windows

Muhammad Ridwan Hakim — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 06:19:49 +0000

Hey everyone! 😊 I just wanted to share a bit about my development setup. I’m using a 1920x1080 display with UI scaling set to 100%, which makes my PowerShell terminal look really pretty on Windows Terminal. It’s been working great for me! So let’s get started:

1. Install PowerShell 7.4.6 (Windows x64)

Download: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.5/PowerShell-7.4.6-win-x64.msi

2. Open PowerShell, Install Scoop

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression

3. Install Windows Terminal

scoop bucket add extras
scoop install extras/windows-terminal

4. Install Oh-My-Posh, PSReadLine, gsudo, Terminal-Icons

scoop bucket add main
scoop install main/oh-my-posh
scoop install main/gsudo
scoop install extras/terminal-icons
notepad $PROFILE
----------------------------
# Activate Oh My Posh: 
oh-my-posh init pwsh --config "%USERPROFILE%\scoop\apps\oh-my-posh\current\themes\1_shell.omp.json" | Invoke-Expression
# Activate Oh PSReadLine: 
Import-Module PSReadLine
# Activate gsudo  to elevate a command or the last command:
Import-Module gsudoModule
# Activate Terminal-Icons
Import-Module Terminal-Icons
----------------------------

5. Install NVM (Node.js Version Manager)

Download: https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/releases/download/1.1.12/nvm-setup.exe

6. Install pyenv to manage multiple versions of Python

Open Windows-Terminal:

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pyenv-win/pyenv-win/master/pyenv-win/install-pyenv-win.ps1" -OutFile "./install-pyenv-win.ps1"; &"./install-pyenv-win.ps1"

7. Install Search Everything

Instead of using https://scoop.sh/#/apps to search a package. We can use Everything. Search: package json

scoop install extras/everything

8. Install fastfetch

Instead of abandoned neofetch, we can use fastfetch.

scoop install fastfetch

9. Test Everything

10. Tips & Tricks

1. Use Nerd Font

2. To update scoop package:

scoop update *

3. nvm Guide: https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows

4. pyenv Guide: https://github.com/pyenv-win/pyenv-win

That's it! We can now use scoop, nvm, and pyenv in one terminal. If you have any suggestions, just comment below!

Windows Terminal Preview Context Menu

Muhammad Ridwan Hakim — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 23:11:02 +0000

If you use multiple Linux WSL, you can enhance your productivity with this tool.

Install

Clone this repo git clone https://github.com/rescenic/wt.context.menu
Configure your settings.json in Windows Terminal Preview folder & config.json C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminalPreview_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Copy folder icons to C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminalPreview_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\icons\
Run powershell (no need to get admin access right)
Change the execution policy Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -scope CurrentUser
Run SetupContextMenu.ps1 script

Uninstall

Run SetupContextMenu.ps1 -uninstall:$true

Config

This script will parse the settings.json file to generate menu items. However you can customize it.

Put any icon file into icon folder and modify the config.json like the following.

{
    "global": {
        "extended": false
    },
    "profiles": {
        "{a5a97cb8-8961-5535-816d-772efe0c6a3f}": {
            "icon": "arch.ico",
            "label": "Arch Linux"
        },
        "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}": {
            "showRunAs": true
        },
        "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}": {
            "hidden": true
        }
    }
}

Config reference

global
- extended[bool]: if set this to true, context menu will only show up when right click with shift
profiles
- guid[string]: this GUID of your profile defined in settings.json
  - hidden[bool]: overwrites the visibility of the profile, if defined
  - icon[string]: filename of your ico file, you must put this file in icon folder
  - label[string]: context menu label
  - showRunAs[bool]: add run as administrator item for this profile

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