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Andri • Edited

Mostly the whole Python, compile build stuff is less buggy on Linux than Windows. Then there are Windows paths that can cause issues.

I do absolutely agree that WSL adds complexity. If that complexity is worth it, I can’t say.

If you don’t have any issues. Then I wouldn’t change to WSL.

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Ryan Harris

I totally get Python on WSL, I wouldn't do that on Windows without a gun to my head. I was mainly interested in what made JS/TS development better in WSL. If your opinion has changed, what changed it?

Thanks for replying to this old-ish thread!

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Andri

My opinion hasn't really settled. What pushed me into the anti WSL direction was when I tried to get React Native running in WSL with an Android simulator on Windows. That was just painful to the point where I fetched my Linux laptop and plugged that in instead.

For JS/TS development I'd pick:

  1. Linux on ElementaryOS
  2. Mac
  3. Windows WSL
  4. Windows