Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : esc
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Dec 10 2022 15:36:09

  Re: Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
  By: esc to Nightfox on Sat Dec 10 2022 01:13 pm

 Ni>> I'm curious how web development was a nightmare on Windows?

 es> My "dev on windows" experience historically has involved installing some
 es> 3rd party bash type thing, building a dev environment, wiring it up to
 es> work in the bash (git bash or something else), keeping everything in that
 es> environment up to date...whereas now WSL does make things a bit easier but
 es> man, that thing is a serious resource hog, and I can't traverse the
 es> filesystem well from the Windows side (or vice versa)...it's really just
 es> an annoyance and things have been much more straightforward for me to just
 es> launch my Mac and do a 'brew update' and am ready to go. 

In my experience, I don't recall a time when having a bash shell was needed to do web development, but I suppose some tools may need it.  I have seen some editors that support editing files remotely via SSH, but usually that feature is built into the editor or through a plugin (i.e., Visual Studio Code, and even Notepad++ has such a plugin).

I guess I don't really mind installing 3rd party tools..  The way I see it, you pretty much always have to install some tools to do certain types of work anyway.  Not everything can be included in the base OS install.

Nightfox
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