This is a quick tutorial on getting the basics of a useful Terminal environment for development on a Windows machine.
Install Windows Terminal
Install the Windows Terminal and set it as Default https://aka.ms/terminal
Modify Security Settings to allow Shell to access files
Windows Security > Virus & Threat Protection > Manage Settings > Allow an app through Controlled Folder Access
PowerShell 7
Get PS7 and enhanced auto-complete
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| winget install Microsoft.Powershell
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git
Text Editors
Neovim: A quick, lightweight text editor, helpful for fzf preview and small file edits
Bat: A text file reader with syntax highlighting
NodeJS: Used by some vim plugins
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| winget install neovim
winget install bat --source winget
winget install OpenJS.NodeJS
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Neovim Configurations
First, install the plugin manager vim-plug with the command
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| Invoke-WebRequest -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim | New-Item "$env:LOCALAPPDATA/nvim-data/site/autoload/plug.vim" -Force
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Create a config file at ~\AppData\Local\nvim\init.vim, populate it with some preferences like
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| set writebackup
set ignorecase
set number
call plug#begin()
Plug 'junegunn/vim-easy-align'
Plug 'junegunn/fzf', { 'dir': '~/.fzf', 'do': './install -all' }
Plug 'junegunn/fzf.vim'
Plug 'github/copilot.vim'
Plug 'folke/tokyonight.nvim'
call plug#end()
let g:fzf_vim = {}
let g:fzf_vim.preview_window = ['hidden,right,70%', 'ctrl-/']
colorscheme tokyotonight
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Open nvim and run :PlugInstall. Close and reopen nvim and you should be able to run commands like :Files
Also, to setup Copilot run :Copilot setup
fzf
Fuzzy finder, a useful tool for quickly maneuvering around and searching through files
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| winget install fzf
Install-Module PSfzf
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('_PSFZF_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS', '--height 30%', 'Machine')
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Profile addition to customize, this variable is also used by fzf.vim
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| $env:FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="-i -m --preview-window='right:65%' --preview='bat --theme=OneHalfDark --color=always {}'";
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Oh My Posh
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| winget install JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPosh --source winget
oh-my-posh font install # MesloLGM Nerd Font
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Profile additions to customize
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| oh-my-posh init pwsh --config "$env:POSH_THEMES_PATH\clean-detailed.omp.json" | Invoke-Expression;
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Helpful Modules
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| Set-PSRepository -Name PSGallery
Install-Module PSReadLine
Install-Module Az -AllowClobber
Install-Module SqlServer -AllowClobber
Install-Module DbaTools
Install-Module posh-git
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Profile additions to enable
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Import-Module posh-git
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