Windows_10_Development_Setup

Guide for setting up Windows 10 for development

Windows 10 (Pro) installed

• Activate Windows with a key
• https://ninite.com grab installer for Firefox(or/and Chrome),VLC,Notepad++,VSCode,PuTTY (other tools such as SumatraPDF,qbtorrent, Filezilla,Dropbox etc can be helpful) avoid Python here until Ninite migrates to 3.+ version!
• TODO get rid of bloatware(Candy Crush, Minecraft etc etc)
• ublock Origin for Firefox/Chrome

GIT installation

• GIT download from https://git-scm.com/downloads for Windows direct link is: https://git-scm.com/download/win
• keep all default choices except choose Notepad++ instead of vim as an editor(that is unless you like vim)

GIT config

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-First-Time-Git-Setup

• $ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
• $ git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com

Python

• https://www.python.org/downloads/ 3.+ version
• install,choose add to PATH, optional enable long path names(256+) chars

Python setup

from CMD/PS/Bash:

• pip list
• python -m pip install --upgrade pip

VS Code setup

• install Python extension https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python

For Powershell Enviroment you might need this:

• $env:path="$env:Path;C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32" the last being the directory where your Python is installed see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/714877/setting-windows-powershell-path-variable

For running scripts (risky if you dont trust your scripts)

• Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted from administrator Powershell