You're reading from Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) Tips, Tricks, and Techniques Maximise productivity of your Windows 10 development machine with custom workflows and configurations

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800562448

Length 246 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Shell Scripting

Author (1):

Stuart Leeks

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction, Installation, and Configuration

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Windows Subsystem for Linux FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring the Windows Subsystem for Linux

4. Chapter 3: Getting Started with Windows Terminal

5. Section 2:Windows and Linux – A Winning Combination

6. Chapter 4: Windows to Linux Interoperability

7. Chapter 5: Linux to Windows Interoperability

8. Chapter 6: Getting More from Windows Terminal

9. Chapter 7: Working with Containers in WSL

10. Chapter 8: Working with WSL Distros

11. Section 3: Developing with the Windows Subsystem for Linux

12. Chapter 9: Visual Studio Code and WSL

13. Chapter 10: Visual Studio Code and Containers

14. Chapter 11: Productivity Tips with Command-Line Tools

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Tips for working with Remote-WSL

This section will call out a number of tips that can help to further refine your experience when working with Visual Studio Code and Remote-WSL.

Loading Visual Studio Code from your terminal

In Windows, you can launch Visual Studio Code from a terminal using the code <path> command to open the specified path. For example, you can use code . to open the current folder (.) in Visual Studio Code. This actually uses a code.cmd script file, but Windows allows you to drop the extension.

When working with WSL, it is common to have a terminal open, and with Remote-WSL, you also get a code command. So, you can navigate to your project folder in the terminal in WSL and run code . and it will launch Visual Studio Code and open the specified folder (the current folder in this case) using the Remote-WSL extension. This integration is a nice option to have and maintains a sense of parity and integration between Windows and WSL environments.

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