• Download and install Windows Terminal

• Download and install git bash for Windows.

• Download and install VSCode and configure:

• In VSCode gitbash terminal, you'll have to create a .profile file in your home directory and then add the following lines into it to have the PATH env var updated when you open a new terminal:

export PATH=$PATH:/c/users/username/appdata/roaming/python/python310/site-packages

export PATH=$PATH:/c/users/username/appdata/roaming/python/python310/scripts

export PATH=$PATH:/c/terraform

export APP_SETTINGS=/d/DevCode/projects/portfolio_website/.env

export MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="*"

• Aliases need to go to C:\Program Files\Git\etc\profile.d\aliases.sh script.  The shortcut to see all aliases is :

$ alias
  

alias ll='ls -lah'

alias projects='cd /d/DevCode/projects'

• Open PowerShell as Administrator and install WSL2

wsl --install

• git clone repos that you are going to use and add parent folder to VSCode Workspace