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After a lot of trial and error, I've been able to piece together a pretty respectable Windows dev environment. There are plen...
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Only thing I say your missing is PowerToys for windows ...
Thanks for pointing that out, its been added 👍
I ported this over from the github repo and it was not too seamless, please let me know if there are any format issues etc!
I cant create any folder inside Ubuntu home\ directory. Windows says "You need permission to perform this action"😣
Are you trying from the terminal? You should be able to use
mkdir folder_nameThanks for the putting this together. I've been seeing some issues with a React project, mainly no auto refresh with code change. Seems obvious now but I've been keeping the project files on a second SSD. I just tested a new project on the Linux side and it works!
Great article! I used a very simmilar environment, I used Docker and MongoDB a lot so ended up dual booting linux with Windows instead of using WSL and now I'm using only Linux!
If you use WSL daily, I recommend trying directly a Linux distro! Try it in a different hard drive, virtual machine or USB before switching and see if you like it, but overall I had a very good experience.
Thanks! I actually did the opposite of you and started off with Linux only and then moved over to dual boot. I do enjoy Linux, but it didn’t have some of the software I needed or gaming ability. I ended up getting tired of keeping two operating systems up to date and removed the dual boot.
Hi following along with this tutorial but:
git-credential-manager-core.exe has been renamed to git-credential-wincred.exe
stackoverflow.com/questions/724724...
Thank you! I have just updated the guide. The issue was that git-credential-manager-core.exe was moved to a new directory so the path needed to be changed.
You may want to emphasize web development
Very valuable article
Thank you for this post...
If someday I will buy a Surface, I will use this guide, great job!
Sincerely Mac User
Thanks!
This comes perfectly in time for my new setup! Thanks a lot for the detailled descriptions.
Good article!
I used to use WSL but I prefer to use the cross platform Powershell now to avoid weird VM edge cases (like working with electron) and other weird WSL bugs that come up.
Powershell has similar things like oh-my-posh for themeing. Most of the bash commands just work these days and you can get some more similar bash functionality by customizing your PowerShell $PROFILE.
My PowerShell $PROFILE:
This won't work anymore though:
You'll need to follow the guide here and have a look at the migration guide.
Change the title, this how-to is dedicated for frontenders. Thanks in advance.
Also my tip is to wrap git with gh cli cli.github.com/ . It allows to pass many steps described in your article and speed up process.
Nice blog...only downside is this is a disaster to setup if you are behind a company vpn has been my experience, too much messing with resolv.conf among other things....unless somebody has some steps they can share ??
Thanks for sharing. I think this will helps folks.
I think if you have a complete choice of software , it would be more straightforward to go with a Linux distro and the default shell (usually Bash) You just install the OS and you skip the first 2 steps. No need to install a package manager.
For beginners, this may be a better route if they just want a "dev" machine. It just depends on what you are accustomed to, and what your preferences are. I use Linux and Windows, and rarely feel the need to use WSL or WINE. I go one way or the other!
Great article! Thanks.
Thank you for this! Which theme are you using for your terminal? It's beautiful!
Dear friend... please write it clearly at the top: its WEB, FRONTEND developer guide...
bc frontend is NOT "all of development that is going in the world"