I want to document a setup that I’ve found that works really well for me using Windows 10 and Windows Subsystem for Linux for general development. Before we dive into any specifics, though, I want to provide some background and explain my objectives which will help to frame the decisions I’ve made and the trade-offs chosen to reach a more ideal environment.
I’ve recently taken on a new role at Microsoft as a Cloud Developer Advocate for Open Source projects on Azure. My purview is Go, Linux, Containers, and Kubernetes. While brainstorming ways to learn about all that Azure has to offer an idea occured to me: Why not move Gophercon over to Azure as a learning tool. I’ve decided to do just that and share my learnings along the way.
TLDR; I’ve traded in my Mac on a Surface Pro. Here’s why:
Release day is always fun, and Go releases get me pretty excited. The 1.7 release is especially nice, so I’m going to mention some of my favorite changes in this release.
That might be the longest title for a blog post ever, but it’s kind of hard to describe what’s going on here if you’re not familiar with the latest updates from Microsoft land.