I have used Cmder a lot recently and generally I like it, with one or two exceptions:
The under-the-hood tools it uses can be really slow on Windows, e.g. switching branches on a large git repo takes a number of seconds (but is instant in normal command-line).
Some of the tools (e.g. Bash) are not feature equivalent with the regular Linux tools.
The thing I have found recently is, that working more closely with with developers who use MacOS has given me a better appreciation for CLI tools and a good shell.
And so, I am currently running WSL with Ubuntu18.04, and using Cmder to launch native bash.
It wasn't massively hard to set up.
If I was to make a prediction, I would say that we will see a convergence of development around Linux (whether or not you work on Windows) - it's driven by cloud platforms and containerisation, so being competent with Bash will be a valuable skill.
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I have used Cmder a lot recently and generally I like it, with one or two exceptions:
The thing I have found recently is, that working more closely with with developers who use MacOS has given me a better appreciation for CLI tools and a good shell.
And so, I am currently running WSL with Ubuntu18.04, and using Cmder to launch native bash.
It wasn't massively hard to set up.
If I was to make a prediction, I would say that we will see a convergence of development around Linux (whether or not you work on Windows) - it's driven by cloud platforms and containerisation, so being competent with Bash will be a valuable skill.
I have done some bash work before but nothing extensive. I’m try to do some things in Lua right now. I’ll let you know how things turn out.