Setting Up Windows for JavaScript Development

You want to get started developing JavaScript with NodeJS, ReactJS, or AngularJS but you’re not sure how to get started? This is a complete, step by step guide on how to configure your Windows machines for JavaScript development the right way. You’ll learn how to install and configure Windows, the new Windows Terminal, WSL, Ubuntu, ZSH with Oh My ZSH, yarn, NPM, NVM, NodeJS, and VS Code. We’ll also configure our git client for SSH access to GitHub. This is the perfect beginner tutorial for anyone trying to develop software on a Windows PC.

Update Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

install zshell

sudo apt-get install zsh

oh-my-zsh

Check this site for the command https://ohmyz.sh/#install

It should be something like this:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

nvm

Be sure zshell and oh-my-zsh are working before continuing

Check this site for the command https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm

It should be something like this, but be sure to use the version from the link above

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash

If nvm doesn’t work, check this https://youtu.be/kL8iGErULiw?t=507

Close all terminals and all VS Code instances after doing this step

Install Node

nvm install 12.16.1

Install yarn

Be sure nvm and node are working before continuing

Check this site for the latest command https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install/#alternatives-stable

It should be something like this, but be sure to use the version from the link above

curl -o- -L https://yarnpkg.com/install.sh | bash

Configure Git

You’ll want to follow this guide for configuring git. Be sure to follow the LINUX version

https://docs.github.com/en/github/using-git/getting-started-with-git-and-github

git config --global user.name "Techno Tim"

git config --global user.email "your_email@example.com"

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

eval $(ssh-agent -s)

Cloning a repo

mkdir code && cd code

Be sure you choose the right repo before cloning, this is just an example

git clone git@github.com:techno-tim/techno-boto-discord.git

cd techno-boto-discord

yarn