ameier38 / win-dev

Development environment on windows

win-dev

Development environment on Windows

Windows Subsystem for Linux

Run bash on Windows.

Installation

1. Open PowerShell.
2. Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux.

   > Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
   

3. Install Ubuntu

References

• Windows 10 Installation Guide

scoop

Command line installer for Windows.

Installation

1. Open PowerShell.
2. Set the execution policy.

   > set-executionpolicy remotesigned -s currentuser
   

3. Install scoop.

   > iex (new-object net.webclient).downloadstring('https://get.scoop.sh')
   

4. Add extras and versions buckets.

   > scoop add bucket extras
   > scoop add bucket versions
   

Usage

Search for packages

> scoop search vim

Install a package

> scoop install vim

References

• scoop GitHub

Vim

Text editor to speed up your typing.

Installation

1. Open PowerShell.
2. Install Vim.

   > scoop install vim
   

Usage

Open vim in current directory.

> vim .

Open a file in vim

> vim ./my-file.txt

Visual Studio Code

IDE to speed up your development.

Installation

1. Open PowerShell.
2. Install VS Code.

   > scoop install vscode
   

Usage

Open current directory in VS Code.

> code .

Open file in VS Code.

> code ./my-file.txt

References

• VS Code Homepage

Git

Version control.

Installation

1. Open PowerShell.
2. Install Git.

   > scoop install git
   

Docker and docker-compose

Container management.

Installation

1. Open PowerShell.
2. Install Docker.

   > scoop install docker
   

3. Install docker-compose

   > scoop install docker-compose
   

Usage

View running containers

> docker ps -a

View local images

> docker images

Pull image from DockerHub

> docker pull bash

Run a container

> docker run -it bash

cmder

Portable console emulator.

Installation

1. Open PowerShell.

2. Install cmder.

   > scoop install cmder
   

3. Download Meslo font.

4. Right click on download font and click 'Install'.

   

5. Open cmder from start menu.

   

6. Open cmder settings using keyboard shortcut Win-Alt-P.

7. Set the font.

   

8. Set the PowerShell task.

   

9. Set the Ubuntu task. Change the path to use your username.

   

10. Pin cmder to the task bar. If it is the first item then you can access it using the keyboard shortcut Win-1.

    

References

• cmder
• [Medium Perfect Windows Dev]( https://medium.com/@pranjalpaliwal/perfect-dev-environment-on-windows-the-easiest-way-691c649850eb

posh-git, oh-my-posh

Better prompt.

Installation

1. Open cmder.

2. Open PowerShell profile.

   > vim $PROFILE
   

3. Add posh-git and oh-my-posh.

   Import-Module posh-git
   Import-Module oh-my-posh
   Set-Theme paradox
   

4. Open a new shell and view the result.

   

References

• posh-git
• oh-my-posh
• [Medium Perfect Windows Dev]( https://medium.com/@pranjalpaliwal/perfect-dev-environment-on-windows-the-easiest-way-691c649850eb

Python

Easy to read, learn, use programming language.

Installation

> scoop install python

Usage

Check version.

> python --version

Run code in shell.

> python
Python 3.7.0 (v3.7.0:1bf9cc5093, Jun 27 2018, 04:59:51) [MSC v.1914 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> x = 1
>>> y = 2
>>> x + y
3
>>>

References

• Python homepage

Pipenv

Python package management.

Installation

Install Pipenv.

> pip install --user pipenv

Open your PowerShell profile.

> vim $PROFILE

Add the following line.

$env:Path += ";C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\Scripts"

Restart your shell and check the installation.

> pipenv
Usage: pipenv [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --where             Output project home information.
...

References

• Pipenv homepage

Jupyter Lab

Web based Notebook/REPL.

Install

conda install -c conda-forge jupyterlab

Usage

Start Jupyter

activate py3
jupyter lab

Install extension

jupyter labextension install jupyterlab_vim