![screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/hoacRnC.jpg "screenshot")  

# How i do development on windows

### Get the latest build of windows
*For some dumb reason windows always installes an old version so i use the insider program to get the latest windows version*  
1. Settings > Updates & Security > Windows Insider Program > do your things here
2. Settings > Updates & Security > Update Windows > Check for updates *(This will take a shitload of time)*

### Base programs i always install
- [git](https://git-scm.com/downloads) *ofc*
- [chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) *a package manager for windows*
- [nodejs](https://nodejs.org/en/) *for my nodejs development*
- [Go Lang](https://golang.org/dl/) *for my go development*
- [vsCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/) *code editor*
- [Windows Terminal](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal-preview/9n0dx20hk701?activetab=pivot:overviewtab) or [Fluent Terminal *my favorite*](https://github.com/felixse/FluentTerminal) *a nice terminal*
- [wox](http://www.wox.one/) *a quick launch tool*

### Turn on hyper-v
*some programs work better with this tunred on so i turn this on usually*  
Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows features on or off > hyper-v

### Linux Subsystem
As administrator run: *(to allow the windows subsystem)* 
```
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName $("VirtualMachinePlatform", "Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux")
wsl --set-default-version 2
```
Install [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS](https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/p/ubuntu-1804-lts/9n9tngvndl3q?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab)  

*After installing you might have to convert the subsystem to windows subsystem version 2 using:*
```sh 
wsl -l -v
wsl --set-version Ubuntu 2
```

To view localhost only exposed servers create `.wslconfig` in the user root dir with the following contents:
```
[wsl2]
localhostForwarding=true
```

### Docker
Download [Docker desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop)  
After install:  
1. go to Docker desktop settings
3. Under command line enable: Enable experimental features
2. Under general enable: Enable the experimental WSL 2 based engine *(if the docker desktop craches install this [kernel update](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-kernel))*
3. [Install docker in the ubuntu subsystem](https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/) *there is no need to start the docker service*
4. In the docker desktop settings > Resources > WSL intergration > Enable ubuntu or whatever you have

### Fish, omf & nvm in the subsystem
I use fish as my main shell on linux so i also install it on my subsystem
```sh
# install fish v3
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fish-shell/release-3
sudo apt install fish

# set fish as main shell
chsh -s `which fish`

# install oh my fish
curl -L https://get.oh-my.fish | fish

# install nvm (node version manager)
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh | bash
omf install nvm
nvm install 13
nvm use 13
nvm alias default 13

# Get a nice fish theme if you want:
omf install nai
```

I usually edit the `.config/omf/init.fish` to add a few handy shotcuts:  
```fish
alias h='cd ~'
# ...
```

## Theming & Custom settings
### Fish & vscode
See my [dotfiles](https://github.com/mjarkk/dotfiles)
#### Wox
1. Download: https://github.com/dracula/wox
2. Place `Dracula.xaml` in `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Wox\app-X.X.XXX\Themes`, in wox type `restart wox` > `settings` > Theme > Dracula

## Problems
- This setup eats noticable more memory than working on my linux machine, around 3-5gb more ram usage. 
- Sometimes after login the localhost forwarding in wsl doesn't work and the only solution to fix it seems to be restarting my pc
- Restarting wsl *(`wsl --shutdown` > open a terminal)* breaks the docker access from within wsl, the docker command still work but starting a webserver and trying access it doesn't work. Usually i restart my pc if i still need to use docker after this, but i suspect you can also figgle around with the docker desktop settings to get it working again.
- Sometimes the subsystem or the fish shell seems to crach but kinda still works???, it's supper wired but in the end i always restart my pc to solve it *(note: Always when this happends there is also an update that can be installed when rebooting)*.