Windows Terminal Tips, Tricks, and Productivity Hacks: Optimize your command-line usage and development processes with pro-level techniques

by Will Fuqua (Author), Carlos Zamora (Foreword)

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Become an efficient command-line expert by harnessing the power of the new Microsoft Windows Terminal, and learn time-saving tricks for PowerShell, WSL2, and more

Key Features

Customize and optimize your Windows Terminal and its shells
Work effectively on the command line with split panes, hotkeys, and automation
Use PowerShell and WSL2 efficiently to build, test, and deploy applications

Book Description

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.

You'll start by learning the benefits of Windows Terminal and its open-source development, as well as how to use the built-in tabs, panes, and key bindings to build your own efficient terminal workflows. After you've mastered Windows Terminal, this book shows how to use and configure PowerShell Core and the Windows Subsystem for Linux within Windows Terminal. You'll maximize your productivity using powerful tools such as PSReadLine for PowerShell and ZSH on Linux, and discover useful tips and tricks for common developer tools like Git and SSH. Finally, you'll see how Windows Terminal can be used in common development and DevOps tasks, such as developing frontend JavaScript applications and backend REST APIs, and managing cloud-based systems like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.

By the end of this book, you'll not only be well-versed with Windows Terminal, but also have learned how to effectively use shells like PowerShell Core and ZSH to become proficient at the command line.

What you will learn

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
Build, deploy, and manage apps in the cloud using Windows Terminal
Use Linux tools from Windows with ease

Who this book is for

This book is for developers, DevOps engineers, 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.

Getting started with the new Windows Terminal
Learning the Windows Terminal UI
Configuring an Ubuntu Linux profile
Customizing your Windows Terminal settings
Changing your Windows Terminal appearance
Setting up keyboard shortcuts
Hidden Windows Terminal Actions
Tips for using PowerShell like a Pro
Tips for using Ubuntu like an Expert
Using Git and GitHub with Windows Terminal
Building web applications with React
Building REST APIs with C# and Windows Terminal
Connecting to remote systems
Managing systems in the cloud
Windows Terminal Actions

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"Whether you are building a web app or working in the cloud, the command line has always been an integral tool for software developers and IT admins alike. For many years, the Windows command line experience lagged behind that of Unix-based systems. Even simple things like selecting and copying text required you to jump through hoops.

In the 2010s, Microsoft began to improve the command line experience with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), PowerShell improvements, and a command-line interface. WSL provided a first-party solution to running a Linux environment on your Windows device. PowerShell continued to receive incremental improvements to surpass the usability of CMD. The Windows Package Manager released a command line interface as a first-party solution to install software on your machine. Even with all of these command line tools, Windows lacked a solid terminal to host them in and Microsoft quickly realized how difficult it was to make improvements without breaking certain legacy behavior.

In 2019, Microsoft introduced the Windows Terminal, a new unified experience to host command line tools. To make things better, Windows Terminal was open sourced alongside the in-box console host experience with which Windows command line users were already familiar. It put customizability first with a profile-based settings model and key bindings. Furthermore, a rapid release cycle helped collect and address user feedback swiftly.

This book does a fantastic job teaching you how to set up Windows Terminal and make it your own. You will learn how to create and manage your profiles to get the most out of your terminal and customize your actions and key bindings to be an effective user. Even better, you will learn how to get started using the terminal more often in day-to-day activities. The author teaches you how to use PowerShell and bash and how to customize them for your needs. The book will also teach you how to apply these tools to build apps, manage remote systems, and interact with the cloud."

Carlos Zamora, Software Engineer on Windows Terminal at Microsoft

About 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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Packt Publishing (April 30, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1800207565
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1800207561
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.58 x 9.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #375,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #68 in Windows Administration (Books)
- #95 in Microsoft .NET
- #138 in Microsoft C & C++ Windows Programming

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Will Fuqua has been developing software professionally for 12 years using a wide range of technologies. He is now the Head of Engineering for an online travel agency, where he leads a high-powered technology team out of Bangkok, Thailand.

In his spare time, 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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Alvin Ashcraft

A fantastic guide to Windows Terminal

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2021

Will Fuqua's Windows Terminal book is a great guide for a user of any proficiency. Readers who are new to Windows Terminal or terminals in general can start from Chapter 1 and get up to speed from ground zero. I was already familiar with many of the Windows Terminal basics, so I skimmed over some of the early chapters (most of section one).
Sections 2 and 3 were more useful for me. I learned so much about customizing and using the Terminal for my day-to-day workflows as a software developer. You'll learn everything you need to know about the Terminal, from customizing its appearance to using it to develop and test web APIs.
The chapter on using Windows Terminal with Git and GitHub was my favorite. If you're a lifelong GUI developer, this book will teach you the ins and outs of living at the command-line. Do you work with the cloud? There are chapters on using Windows Terminal to accomplish tasks in Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform.
If you're using Windows for anything more than web browsing, you'll find something useful you can do with Windows Terminal in this book Check it out!

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Daniel Correa

Become pragmatic in the use of your terminals

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2021

As a programmer or software developer we are constantly using command-lines or terminals. I think it is very important to become pragmatic with the use of those tools, to increase efficiency, and reduce the time spent on those tools. I like a phrase that says “In the same way that a woodworker will customize their workspace, a developer should customize their shell. This typically also involves changing the configuration of the terminal program you use.”

Will fuqua (the author of this book) does an incredible job, teaching us how to improve our terminal skills. In this case, we will learn about some terminals, including Command Prompt, PowerShell, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2), and obviously Windows Terminal.

It is amazing the kind of things that the book teaches you, and that allows you to automate your stuff. For example, I have a project consisting of a front-end app with Vue and a back-end app with Java Spring. In order to run that project, I have to navigate through some folders, open some IDEs, and execute some commands. Now, with Windows Terminal, I created a custom keyboard shortcut (ctrl+alt+v), and just with that key combination I have my front-end and back-end apps running almost instantaneously (and a terminal showing me those apps running side by side). Additionally, that information is stored in a JSON file which can be shared with your team, and you can upload it in a repository.

Other interesting features that the book addresses are: (i) configuring an ubuntu linux profile (inside your windows machine), (ii) changing your Windows Terminal appearance (tab colors, fonts, layouts), (iii) setting up keyboard shortcuts (as the previously described), (iv) using Git and GitHub with Windows Terminal, and (v) even building simple web applications, and managing systems in the cloud.

This is a book that I think all software developers (which use Windows) should read. Maybe, in my opinion, the connection between the examples (the web apps presented in the last chapters) was not the best. I think a simple full-stack app developed in those last chapters, and an extra chapter showing how to deploy that application in the cloud (through terminal commands), would make the book perfect.

Congratulations to the author, it was an excellent book.

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suraj eswaran

Proper Division of Topics

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2021

I must appreciate how properly the topics were divided and explained.I personally picked up from the category where I was comfortable and went ahead step by step. So the sequence of topics' explanation was clear and proper for one to develop skills in Development.

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Lirp

Tech book

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2021

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A must have in your library as reference on the fly.

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