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VSCode + WSL makes Windows awesome for web development

David Heinemeier Hansson

Windows actually got good for web developers. That $3,200 M3 Max MacBook can in fact be beat by a $2,349 Dell XPS in the tests that are likely to matter to most web developers. It’s on the desktop, with chips like the i9-14900K, that Windows shows what’s possible outside the M-chip universe. I’m kinda shocked.

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Mac vs Windows for Programming

The Crazy Programmer

When it comes to choosing the right operating system for your programming needs, MacOS & Windows are two operating systems that have their benefits and drawbacks. However, depending on what type of developer you are, one can be a little more convenient and effective than the other. So, what makes it very good?

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Rust gets security fix for Windows vulnerability

InfoWorld

The Rust language team has published a point release of Rust to fix a critical vulnerability to the standard library that could benefit an attacker when using Windows. Before this release, Rust’s standard library did not properly escape arguments when invoking batch files with the bat and cmd extensions on Windows using the Command API.

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Tips & tricks: Git under WSL and windows

Xebia

Since the introduction of Windows Subsystem for Linus (WSL) I’ve started to rely on it more and more, but there are still a few quirks when dealing with multiple environments that access the same repo on disk. Windows uses Carriage-Return – Line-Feed (CRLF) where Linux and thus WSL rely on Line-Feed only.

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How to Check Python Version in Windows, Linux and Mac

The Crazy Programmer

And due to its awesome developer community, you can easily see a lot of different versions getting released quite frequently. In this tutorial, we will see how to check the python version on Windows, Linux and macOS just with the help of terminal. How to Check Python Version in Windows. x and the other is Python 3.8.x.

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Visual Studio Code introduces floating editor windows

InfoWorld

This latest update to Visual Studio Code features floating editor windows and the ability to visualize JavaScript heap snapshots. can be downloaded for Windows, Linux, or Mac. With the new release, developers can move editors out of the main window into their own lightweight windows.

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I could have been happy with Windows

David Heinemeier Hansson

And when I did, I learned that Windows has turned into a wonderful web developer's platform thanks to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). I'm not going to lie and say I loved everything about Windows. I love the Tactile windows manager for Gnome. Better than adequate, actually. It felt nice. So here I am.

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