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Windows 10

Please note these are recommended applications, feel free to use your favourite editor & tools

  • Slack
  • WSL2 (See below for setup)
  • Visual Studio Code and recommended plugins:
    • Remote WSL
    • ESLint
    • GitHub Pull
    • GitLens
    • LiveShare
    • ChromeDebugger
    • Prettier
    • Microsoft Remote SSH
    • Git Commit Message Editor
  • Git *If using WSL, install via your distribution's package manager

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)​

Setup Windows​

  1. Follow guide here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10#manual-installation-steps
  2. Install your distro of choice from the Microsoft Store (example: Ubuntu)
  3. (optional) VcXsvr *Used for GUI apps in WSL, i.e. cypress
  4. (optional) Windows Terminal
  5. (optional) Docker

Setup Linux in WSL​

Install the following based on your package manager (Ubuntu example: sudo apt update && sudo apt install <package>):

  1. Git (See Set up Git)
  2. NVM (Node Version Manger)
  3. Node.js LTS (via nvm: nvm install --lts)
  4. GitHub CLI
  5. AWS CLI

Used in some projects / useful tools​

  1. Yarn
  2. Vagrant
  3. Composer
  4. Amplify CLI
  5. Zsh
  6. Oh My Zsh