• BURN@lemmy.world
    42·
    1 year ago

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

      • BURN@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

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

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

          • BURN@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 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@lemmy.world
              1·
              1 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@lemmy.world
                1·
                1 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