A guide on setting up on new laptops for future me, and a manifest of all the tools I installed.

Microsoft.Powershell_profile.ps1

# Git Completions
Import-Module posh-git

# Prompt
Invoke-Expression (&starship init powershell)

# Aliases
Set-Alias g git

# Utils

function wk {
  # Goes to a project inside d:/workspace with autocompletion
  [CmdletBinding()]
  param ()
  dynamicParam {
    # create a dictionary to return, and collection of parameters
    $paramDictionary = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary
    $attributeCollection = New-Object -Type System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute]
  
    # create a new [string] parameter for all parameter sets, and decorate with a [ValidateSet]
    $dynParam = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter("Directory", [String], $attributeCollection)
    $attributes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute
    $attributes.Position = 0
    $paramOptions = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateSetAttribute -ArgumentList (Get-ChildItem "d:/workspace" -Name)
  
    # hook things together
    $attributeCollection.Add($attributes)
    $attributeCollection.Add($paramOptions)
    $paramDictionary.Add("Directory", $dynParam)
  
    return $paramDictionary
  }
  process {
    Set-StrictMode -Version Latest

    if ($PSBoundParameters.Keys.Contains("Directory")) {
      $Directory = $PSBoundParameters.Directory
      cd "d:/workspace/$Directory"
    } else {
      cd "d:/workspace"
    }
  }
}

function y {
  # Reads "scripts" in package.json and autocompletes them for better developer experience 
  [CmdletBinding()]
  param()
  dynamicParam {
    $paramDictionary = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary
    $attributeCollection = New-Object -Type System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute]
  
    $dynParam = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter("ScriptName", [String], $attributeCollection)
    $attributes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute
    $attributes.Position = 0
    $attributes.Mandatory = $true
  
    if (Test-Path "./package.json") {
      $pkg = Get-Content .\package.json | ConvertFrom-Json
      $scripts = $pkg.scripts | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name

      $paramOptions = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateSetAttribute -ArgumentList $scripts
      $attributeCollection.Add($paramOptions)
    }
    
    $attributeCollection.Add($attributes)
    $paramDictionary.Add("ScriptName", $dynParam)
  
    return $paramDictionary
  }
  process {
    Set-StrictMode -Version Latest

    yarn $PSBoundParameters.ScriptName
  }
}


function todos {
  code "$(Resolve-Path ~)/todo.txt"
}

function rmrf {
  param(
      [parameter(Position=0)][string]$directory
  )
  process {
    # rm -r -fo $directory
    Remove-Item -Recurse -Force $directory
  }
}

my-computer-setup.md

Hey Pete from the future! I hope you won't have to suffer through installing everything one-by-one like I'm doing right now.

System-agnostic

Essentials

• Browser, I'm using Brave currently
• Copy .gitconfig with all aliases you're using
• Sync your VSCode User Settings

Additional

• Discord with installer -- Discord needs to always be on the latest version so package managers failed me here in the past
• Text expander espanso with installer from the website
  • Migrate your config

Linux

• VSCode from package manager or app store
• Git from package manager if it isn't preinstalled
• Copy your .bashrc

Windows

Use scoop or try to learn if winget is already stable and mature.

Here's the list of packages installed as of 26 May 2022 and a command to install them.

❯ scoop list
Installed apps:

Name       Version          Source     Updated             Info
----       -------          ------     -------             ----
7zip       19.00            main       2021-06-03 11:03:53
act        0.2.24           main       2021-10-02 09:40:28
curl       7.77.0_2         main       2021-06-03 11:04:37
firacode   5.2              nerd-fonts 2021-06-04 23:09:29
fnm        1.28.2           main       2021-12-10 13:45:57
gh         2.8.0            main       2022-04-14 15:44:15
gimp       2.10.20-1        extras     2021-07-05 19:12:52
git        2.31.1.windows.1 main       2021-06-03 11:23:24
grep       2.5.4            main       2021-06-15 12:24:06
innounp    0.50             main       2021-06-05 09:08:42
iosevka-nf 2.1.0            nerd-fonts 2021-06-04 23:10:12
libwebp    1.2.2            main       2022-05-26 19:07:05
mkcert     1.4.3            extras     2021-07-02 12:19:22
nodejs     17.2.0           main       2021-12-10 13:02:11
rustup     1.24.3           main       2021-06-15 22:34:39
sed        4.2.1            main       2021-07-07 14:26:33
starship   0.54.0           main       2021-06-04 23:01:22
sudo       0.2020.01.26     main       2021-06-03 11:25:08
touch      0.2018.07.25     main       2021-06-04 23:02:30

scoop install touch git nodejs-lts innoup rust libwebp

scoop bucket add nerd-fonts
scoop install iosevka-nf firacode

• VSCode with installer from the official website.
• Copy your PowerShell $PROFILE.
• Install Posh-Git.
• Install Docker Desktop. (Had issues with docker from scoop previously.)
• Install Visual Studio Build Tools -- It's needed for node-gyp.

Directory structure

D:/
  workspace
    project-1
    project-2
    ...
  tools
    VSCode
    ...

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Diary

• 05 June 2021 - Bought new Windows laptop. Migrating from Pop_OS.