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Tips for development in WSL
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Dev tools

  • Other than editors, install everything needed in WSL. It's easier.
  • Piping to windows programs does work, just remember to add .exe
    • echo 1234 | clip.exe
  • Editors can't see anything in Linux FS, keep all code in /mnt/c

Symlinks

  • Enable windows developer mode
    • Symlinks will be navigable in windows - e.g if node_modules has symlinks code completion works
  • Symlinks do not work between ~/ and /mnt/c
  • Add --link-folder /mnt/c//.yarn/links to ~/.yarnrc to make yarn links work.

Networking

  • 0.0.0.0:8080 will not work, use localhost:8080
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