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Cascadia Code
Cascadia Code is finally here! You can install it directly from the GitHub repository's releases page or automatically receive it in the next update of Windows Terminal. Wait, what's Cascadia Code? Cascadia Code was announced this past May at Microsoft's Build event. It is the latest monospaced font shipped from Microsoft and provides a fresh experience for command line experiences and code editors. Cascadia Code was developed hand-in-hand with the new Windows Terminal application. This font is most recommended to be used with terminal applications and text editors such as Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code. ...
Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 Release
The time has come for another update to the Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 is now available in the Microsoft Store and on GitHub! And for those interested in more detail, please review the Terminal v0.4 release notes. Settings Updates Profiles.json is Now in LocalState The file has been moved from the folder to the folder. This change prevents settings from automatically roaming across your devices, fixing issues such as having a font referenced on one machine that didn't exist on the other, which would cause the Terminal to crash due to the unidentified font. Tab Title Customizations ...
Tips and Tricks for Linux development with WSL and Visual Studio Code
In an earlier blog post, An In Depth Tutorial on Linux development on Windows with WSL and Visual Studio Code, we showed you how to set up Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Visual Studio Code for Linux development. In this post, we'll go into more detail and provide tips and tricks to further enhance Linux development on Windows. Remote - WSL extension The features described below are provided by the VS Code Remote – WSL extension. If you don't have the extension already installed, open the Extensions view in VS Code (Ctrl+Shift+X) and search for "wsl". Choose the Remote – WSL extension as seen below (it sh...
Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 Release
Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 has been published to the Microsoft Store! If you have previously installed the Terminal from the Store, you will receive this update automatically. If you've not yet installed Terminal from the Microsoft Store, now would be a great time because it contains some MAJOR improvements and updates! ⭐ If you are unable to access the Microsoft Store, you can also download the Terminal from GitHub on our Releases page! Installations from GitHub will have to be manually updated each time a new release is published. Updated UI Draggable Title Bar! The Terminal is now DRAGGABLE FROM ANYWHE...
The Azure Cloud Shell Connector in Windows Terminal
The Windows Terminal can now connect you to the Azure Cloud Shell! We have a new default profile - the Azure Cloud Shell, which will allow you to access your Azure directories/tenants through the Windows Terminal app itself. If you already have Windows Terminal installed Your settings will not automatically update with the new default profile (since the file does not regenerate every time you open up Windows Terminal), so here's how you can manually add it in. Once you've done this, you will see a new tab option for the Azure Cloud Shell. How to use the connector Here's what the full logi...
What’s new for WSL in Insiders Preview Build 18945
A new Windows insiders build has just released, and it contains some hot off the press features for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)! We’ve added the ability to access Linux networking applications in a WSL 2 distro from Windows with , as well as global configuration options that will give you greater control over your Linux distros, such as specifying a custom kernel for the WSL 2 Virtual Machine (VM). You can find the full release notes for the WSL updates in this build here and you can view all of the updates in this build here. Use to connect to your Linux applications from Windows In the first releas...
An In Depth Tutorial on Linux Development on Windows with WSL and Visual Studio Code
In an earlier blog post, Take your Linux development experience in Windows to the next level with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Visual Studio Code Remote, we introduced an overview of the VS Code Remote - WSL extension, which simplifies Linux development on Windows Subsystem on Linux (WSL). Put on your SCUBA gear, because in this follow up we'll give you a deep dive tutorial on how to setup WSL and VS Code for Python development by creating a Python "Hello World" application. Windows: A great platform for building Linux Apps Windows is the most popular operating system in the world, with almost 50% ...
Take your Linux development experience in Windows to the next level with WSL and Visual Studio Code Remote
Using VS Code Remote and the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) gives you a fully featured Linux development environment on a Windows laptop or desktop. Let’s look at how using these tools will completely change how you develop with Linux tools in Windows. First things first: Installing what you need You will need WSL and VS Code with the VS Code Remote - WSL extension installed to complete the content in this blog post. We’ll quickly go over what both of those are, and how to install them. The Windows Subsystem for Linux Commonly abbreviated down to WSL, this tool lets you run unmodified Linux binaries dire...
Windows Terminal Microsoft Store Preview Release
The Windows Terminal preview is now in the Microsoft Store! The Windows Terminal is the new, powerful, open source terminal application that was announced at Build 2019. Its main features include multiple tabs, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and custom themes, styles, and configurations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gw0rXPMMPE You can now download the preview version of the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store if you have Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher. Please keep in mind that this is an early preview and will be regularly updated with feature i...