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
docker on windowslinux development on windowslinux file system performance
modern local development environment
remote linuxsubsystem
troubleshooting linuxsubsystem
virtualization features
visual studio code
windows 10 and 11 development
windowssubsystemforlinux2
When Microsoft rewrote its Linux support into WSL2 it solved the subsystem’s compatibility and many performance problems — but it didn’t convert Windows into a full Linux host. For the majority of developers and tinkerers, WSL2 now delivers the right amount of Linux: a real kernel running in a...