Windows Subsystem for Linux: Run Linux on Windows
Understand WSL 1 and WSL 2, enable the feature, install Ubuntu, set version 2 as the default and fix the most common conversion error.
10 min readNov 17, 2019
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Windows Subsystem For Linux
Install, run and work inside Windows Subsystem for Linux while keeping the Windows tools you already know.
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Create Files and Folders Inside Windows Subsystem for Linux
Learn where Linux files live on a Windows machine, how to create and move them, and how to open the same project from both systems.
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Use Visual Studio Code with Windows Subsystem for Linux
Connect VS Code to WSL, open a remote window, create files, manage extensions and run your full Linux toolchain from one editor.
9 min readFeb 12, 2020
Set up Jupyter Notebook in VS Code for Data Science
Create a notebook, install the Jupyter library, run code cells and convert notebooks to Python scripts without leaving the editor.
7 min readMar 7, 2020
My Development Environment on Windows for Python, Web Dev and Data Science
A complete setup for Python on Windows: WSL, VS Code, the Python extension, a virtual environment and a first Flask or Django project.
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