Set Up a Modern Local Dev Environment with WSL2, VS Code & Docker on Windows 10/11
Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 30-45 minutes
Introduction
Developing on Windows used to mean tradeoffs: poor POSIX compatibility, slow filesystem IO in cross-platform toolchains, or switching to a VM...
code extensions
containers and docker compose
crossplatformdevelopment
dev environment setup
docker desktop
docker integration
docker on windows
linux development on windows
linux file system performance
modern local development environment
remote linux subsystem
troubleshooting linux subsystem
virtualization features
visual studio code
windows 10 and 11 development
windows subsystem for linux 2
