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
cross platform development
dev environment setup
docker desktop
docker integration
dockeronwindows
linux development onwindows
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
When Microsoft unveiled the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) alongside the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in August 2016, few outside the developer community could have anticipated how profoundly it would reshape the Windows ecosystem. Initially pitched as a way for developers to access Bash and...
ai workflows
cross-platform development
data science tools
dockeronwindows
gpu acceleration
gui applications
hybrid workflows
linux command line
linux integration
linux kernel
microsoft open source
systemd on wsl
windows 10
windows and linux collaboration
windows developer tools
windows productivity
windows subsystem for linux
windows virtualization
wsl
wsl 2
Containerizing core programs with Docker on Windows might sound like an advanced DevOps trick best left for cloud professionals, but the tangible workflow improvements are immediate—fracturing assumptions about desktop app management and system stability. For years, personal computers have...
application deployment
application isolation
batch processing
container orchestration
containerization
dependency management
dev environment
devops
docker desktop
dockeronwindows
isolation
it automation
reproducible environments
resource monitoring
software containers
system rebuilds
system stability
windows app management
windows subsystem for linux
workflow automation