Windows 10 Developer Machine

A Windows 10 Developer Machine to use for Software Development fully configured in under 1 hour.

1. Git
2. Edge
3. Visual Studio Code
4. Docker
5. Windows Subsystem Linux
6. Dotnet Core SDK
7. Powershell Core
8. Maven
9. IntelliJ - Community
10. AdoptOpenJDK 8 (Ready to Install)
11. Windows Terminal (Ready to Install)
12. Ubuntu (Ready to Install)

Create the Workstation: (30 Minutes)

Open an RDP Session to the Virtual Machine to perform the remaining setup and configuration.

Configure the Workstation: (30 Minutes)

• Start Docker-Desktop

  • If the default user was changed add the user to the group

    Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "docker-users" -Member $env:UserName

  • In Docker Settings enable the following settings.

    1. Start Docker Desktop when you login
    2. Expose Daemon on tcp://localhost:2375 without TLS.

• Install Cascadia Font and set as VSCode default.

    # VSCode settings.json
    {
      "editor.fontFamily": "'Cascadia Code', Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace",
      "editor.fontLigatures": true,
    }

• Install and configure Terminal

  • Using the Shortcut on the Desktop Install Windows Terminal

  • Install Cascadia Font and configure Windows Terminal to use it.

      {
        "profiles": {
          "list": [
            {
              "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
              "name": "Windows PowerShell",
              "fontFace":  "Cascadia Code PL",
              "commandline": "powershell.exe",
              "hidden": false
            },
            {
                "guid": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "PowerShell",
                "fontFace":  "Cascadia Code PL",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore"
            }
          ]
        }

  • Configure Powershell Prompt to use Posh Git with a paradox theme.

    Install-Module posh-git -Scope CurrentUser
    Install-Module oh-my-posh -Scope CurrentUser
    
    # Set Execution Policy to allow Profile
    Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
    
    notepad $PROFILE
    
    # Add the following to the profile
    Import-Module posh-git
    Import-Module oh-my-posh
    Set-PoshPrompt Paradox

• Install and configure WSL

  • Using the Shortcut on the Desktop Install Ubuntu

  • Configure Windows Terminal for Ubuntu

      {
        "profiles": {
          "list": [
            {
              "guid": "{c6eaf9f4-32a7-5fdc-b5cf-066e8a4b1e40}",
              "hidden": false,
              "name": "Ubuntu-18.04",
              "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl",
              "colorScheme": "UbuntuLegit",
              "fontFace": "Cascadia Code PL",
              "startingDirectory" : "//wsl$/Ubuntu-18.04/home/azureuser"
            }
          ]
        },
        "schemes": [
          {
            "name" : "UbuntuLegit",
            "background" : "#2C001E",
            "black" : "#4E9A06",
            "blue" : "#3465A4",
            "brightBlack" : "#555753",
            "brightBlue" : "#729FCF",
            "brightCyan" : "#34E2E2",
            "brightGreen" : "#8AE234",
            "brightPurple" : "#AD7FA8",
            "brightRed" : "#EF2929",
            "brightWhite" : "#EEEEEE",
            "brightYellow" : "#FCE94F",
            "cyan" : "#06989A",
            "foreground" : "#EEEEEE",
            "green" : "#300A24",
            "purple" : "#75507B",
            "red" : "#CC0000",
            "white" : "#D3D7CF",
            "yellow" : "#C4A000"
          }
        ]
      }

  • Configure Ubuntu with default tools.

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install curl
    curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danielscholl/hol-win10/master/setup.sh | sudo bash

  • Install terraform using tfenv

    git clone https://github.com/tfutils/tfenv.git ~/.tfenv
    ln -s ~/.tfenv/bin/* ~/.local/bin
    
    tfenv install 0.12.24
    tfenv use 0.12.24

  • Install golang using g

    Do not install the latest version of golang

    curl -sSL https://git.io/g-install | sh -s
    
    g install 1.12.5

  • Setup a Powerline go Prompt

    go get -u github.com/justjanne/powerline-go
    
    # Add the following to .bashrc to modify prompt
    function _update_ps1() {
        PS1="$($GOPATH/bin/powerline-go -error $?)"
    }
    if [ "$TERM" != "linux" ] && [ -f "$GOPATH/bin/powerline-go" ]; then
        PROMPT_COMMAND="_update_ps1; $PROMPT_COMMAND"
    fi