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

15. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Introducing Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a free, cross-platform, open source code editor from Microsoft. Out of the box, it comes with support for JavaScript (and TypeScript) applications, but support for a wide range of languages (including C++, Java, PHP, Python, Go, C#, and SQL) is available as extensions. Let's begin by installing Visual Studio Code.

To install Visual Studio Code, go to https://code.visualstudio.com/, click on the download link, and run the installer when it has downloaded. The install process is fairly straightforward, but if you want any more details (including how to install the Insiders version, which provides nightly builds), see https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/setup-overview.

Once installed, launching Visual Studio Code will present a window like this:

Figure 9.1 – A screenshot of Visual Studio Code

In this screenshot, you can see the Welcome page in Visual Studio Code. This page gives links...