• @BURN
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    21 year ago

    Windows is a nightmare for development. Linux is generally not an option, so a UNIX based system is still easier than windows

    • @aidan
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      01 year ago

      For C++/C I used to agree, but now with WSL it’s easy.

      • @BURN
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        31 year ago

        My problems come with Java (versioning is a pain), JavaScript, Node, etc

        C/C++ is probably the second easiest after C#

        • @aidan
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          21 year ago

          Node really? nvm makes it very easy, or using choco

          • @BURN
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            11 year ago

            Despite trying at least 6 times, I’ve never been able to successfully start a node project on windows. No such problems on Linux or Mac.

            I tend to do my dev work at home with an Ubuntu server VM and ssh into it from my windows desktop now. Find that it’s the best of both worlds.

            • @aidan
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              11 year ago

              Despite trying at least 6 times, I’ve never been able to successfully start a node project on windows.

              Huh fair, for me that’s cmake projects on Windows.

              with an Ubuntu server VM and ssh into it from my windows desktop now.

              That’s just WSL 💀

              • @BURN
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                11 year ago

                WSL wasn’t a thing when I started with that, and it still doesn’t do everything I want it to, so I much prefer to not use WSL at all and instead manually manage the VM.

                There’s nothing wrong with the WSL approach, it’s just not one I like

        • @aidan
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          21 year ago

          That’s a fair complaint