Windows Terminal Tips, Tricks, and Productivity Hacks

This is the code repository for Windows Terminal Tips, Tricks, and Productivity Hacks, published by Packt.

Optimize your command-line usage and development processes with these pro-level techniques

What is this book about?

Windows Terminal is a new and open-source command-line application for Windows 10, built for the Command Prompt, PowerShell, Windows Subsystem for Linux, and more. It's fast, modern, and configurable thanks to its GPU-accelerated rendering, excellent UTF-8 support, and JSON-based configurability, and this book can help you learn how to leverage these features.

This book covers the following exciting features:

• Install, update, and use Windows Terminal and its preview version
• Customize your Windows Terminal to be both visually appealing and functional
• Enable and effectively use the latest versions of PowerShell Core and Windows Subsystem for Linux
• Install and configure time-saving tools for the command line
• Work efficiently with common developer tools such as Git and SSH

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Instructions and Navigations

All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter06.

The code will look like the following:

{
"actions": [
  { "command": "toggleFullscreen" }
]

Following is what you need for this book: This book is for developers, DevOps professionals, and sysadmins who want to become advanced command-line power users. Whether you're new to the command line or you already use Windows PowerShell every day, this book will have something for you.

With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-15).

Software and Hardware List

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.

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Get to Know the Author

Will Fuqua has been developing software professionally for 12 years using a wide range of technologies. Initially based in the United States as a software consultant, he developed production systems for companies in the healthcare and finance industries, among many others. He then moved abroad and is now the Head of Engineering for an online travel agency, where he leads a high-powered technology team out of Bangkok, Thailand. When not solving hard problems in the travel space, he is often working on open source software, with a passion for building excellent command-line experiences for developers. He frequently speaks at a variety of conferences and user groups, specializing in .NET development and Linux command line topics.

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