Install and configure WSL2 (ubuntu distro), npm, git and project on Windows

 

For Installation information please visit: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

1.Configure WSL 2

 After installation search for %UserProfile% in the local machine. check if there is any .wslconfig file.

If there is no .wslconfig file create one with this content depends on the available resource.

[wsl2] memory=8GB swap=0 processors=4

Install windows Terminal Application and check if everything is configured properly.

2.Configuring NodeJS on WSL

npm install

3.Configuring Git and project

 To install git, in a wsl terminal, we run

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade  sudo apt install git

To set up your Git config file, open a command line for the distribution you're working in and set your name with this command (replacing "Your Name" with your Git username):

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Set your email with this command (replacing "youremail@domain.com" with the email you use on your Git account):

git config --global user.email "youremail@domain.com"

 configure ssh key on linux https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys-on-ubuntu-1804
 Configure the key in github settings then checkout with:

git clone <project repo>

4.Configuring Development Environment(VSCODE)

To open a project from your WSL distribution, open the distribution's command line and enter :

code .

 Install  Remote-WSL  in VS Code.

Run the application in Remote-WSL from the terminal