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And a number of people wrote in to me from one of two buckets:. Why don’t you just code on Linux?. How can you code in a nice way on Windows?
As a result, I thought I’d share the setup I’ve made for my modern front-end development workflow on Windows, along with the quirks and benefits of coding on a platform like Windows 10. If you're interested in, but. The only reason coding directly in Windows is suddenly so feasible is, which gives you a fully-fledged Ubuntu install right at the command line — and it works surprisingly well. Here's why the Windows Linux Subsystem is so good: it's the best of both worlds. I can use Visual Studio Code, on Windows, with a task runner like Webpack running under Ubuntu, monitoring for changes on the same filesystem. No awkward file mounts or VM synchronization; this is real Linux. A simple example of how good this is: if you install Sublime Text 3 in Windows, it'll be accessible in your bash terminal if it's in your path.
Just like a Mac or Linux box, I can type subl. in a folder, and it'll open. I can fire it up in Windows Explorer, too, because the file systems are shared. I could code on Linux, and certainly the Ubuntu desktop has come a long way from the old days, but dual-booting to Linux seems annoying to me, and I don’t want to have to configure two operating systems. If I can use the Windows desktop, play games, do day-to-day work and code in one place, I sure as hell want to and Windows 10 is actually pretty damn nice, especially on great hardware. Getting started First up, make sure you have — it takes a few minutes to enroll in the Insider Program, which lets you get free preview versions of Windows. The update should be generally available soon, but for now it’s better than the base release of Windows 10, and notably improves High-DPI displays for those using 4K monitors.
The update adds a lot of major improvements to Bash on Windows, which allows file system watchers to work natively — an important requirement for me. Once you’re all set up, the first thing you want to do is enable Windows Developer mode.
Head to the Settings app, then “Update & Security” and click “For developers” in the bar on the left. On this screen, choose “Developer Mode” then accept the warning that pops up. It’ll take a few seconds to install the “Developer Mode” package, but after that, head back to the top level of the Settings app, and then “Apps & Features” and click “Programs and Features” on the right, then “Turn Windows features on or off” on the left (this part is particularly fiddly for no good reason, as far as I can tell). Once you’re there, scroll down to Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta) and check the box, then hit OK. It’ll think about it, then ask you to reboot — make sure to do that, so the kernel extensions are enabled. This bit will take a while, assumably because installing Linux inside Windows and that’s er a big deal.
Now it’s time to install Node natively in Windows. You’re probably never going to use it since you’ll be living in WSL-land, but a few of the desktop-side apps still sometimes need it, and things can get funky if you don’t do it., and just do the defaults. One last thing on the setup: you should choose a text editor. I’m not going to go into all the options available, but my preference is either Sublime Text or Visual Studio Code, which I eventually settled on. It’s good, and natively integrates into Windows really well. If you use Visual Studio Code, once it’s installed, fire it up and push CTRL + SHIFT + Pthen search for “shell” and choose install code into your path – this will let you open it much easier in later steps.
Tweak your terminal Now it’s almost time to enter Bash-land! One last thing: Windows’ command line app is awful, so let’s get something better. There are a few great emulators around like CMDer, but I’m partial to, which I used on Mac too, because it uses npm for package management and plugins — these instructions are specific to that emulator. Once you’ve got Hyper installed, open the.hyper.js configuration file and make one key change. We’re going to set it to open Bash by default from now on, so you don’t end up in the awful legacy environment wondering why nothing works properly: Find the shell line and change it to shell: 'C: Windows System32 bash.exe'. Some other useful changes:. Install the Inconsolata font and set it to default: fontFamily: 'Inconsolata, Consolas, 'Lucida Console', monospace'.
Install a better theme: plugins: 'hyper-solarized-dark', Now it’s time to Bash The time you’ve been waiting for is here! At some point I plan to automate this entire setup, but for now I did it manually for your enjoyment — and because I’ve not had time yet. There’s a new concept to get used to here that’s important to explain, particularly if you’ve used Windows before. WSL (also known as Bash on Windows) lives inside the command prompt of the Operating System. We’ve set it up to automatically enter bash all the time via Hyper, since it’s our preference, but there’s still the traditional cmd instance lingering above you if you type exit you’ll be thrown into there.
Bash lives in Windows’ $path so if you ever find yourself in command-prompt land by accident, just type bash toget back to safety. Install your toolchain Now you’re in bash-land you have the full power of apt-get at your service, just like on the real Ubuntu. Everything works as you’d expect. The first time you enter Bash it’ll ask you if you wish to install it: make sure to say yes, and it’ll take 1-2 minutes as it extracts and sets up. Bash will first ask you to create a UNIX username and password: my advice is to make this the same as your Windows credentials, lest you forget and need to re-install Bash from scratch. The very first thing you’ll want to do after that is install Node, npm, Ruby and a bunch of other useful tools. Run these commands to get the basic tooling for modern web development.