Setting up WSL environment (Linux on Windows)

Installing WSL

• Win+R 'Turn on Windows features On or OFF"
• Select 'Windows Subsystem for Linux'
• Restart computer
• Got to Windows store, search for Ubuntu, install
• Win+R search 'Ubuntu' start it

Set up VSCode with WSL

• Install VSCode https://code.visualstudio.com/
• Install Remote WSL extension https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl
• Install Python Extension https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python
• Intall Pylance Extension https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.vscode-pylance

Setting up git credential under WSL

Azure DevOps blocks password authenticaiton, so you cannot authenticate to git using your corporate password, you need instead to authenticate via a token obtained from Azure DevOps.

Simplest method:

Install Git for Windows on your Windows machine (not in WSL) then set up Git authentication under WSL by running the following command (more info here):

git config --global credential.helper "/mnt/c/Program\ Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core/git-credential-manager.exe"

Setting up docker without Docker Desktop

See https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/install-docker-in-wsl-2-without-docker-desktop