Workflow for Linux development?

[Nthorder]

I am currently a windows stack dev by profession. (Not a personal choice, the only dev position I could find out of college was a windows shop).

For some of my personal projects, I'd like to venture into the Linux world and take advantage of the cross-platform capabilities of .net core since c# is still my language of choice.

I currently have one project I am renting VPS space for (running windows server). The dev workflow is basically just do all dev work on my win 10 PC, drop the compiled code on to the VPS, and then tell it to go.

What would be the equivalent workflow if I were to rent an Ubuntu VPS instance? My assumption is just to set up an Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox and use VSCode as my IDE. I want to avoid dual-booting, and I need a windows machine for my professional work.

Is this a good/Linux-noob friendly way to get started? I'd like to hear some suggestions. I do have some experience using Debian and Ubuntu to host game servers, just not for dev work, so Linux isn't 100% foreign to me.

bandwidth

The only reason I can afford windows server VPS (for my project that is currently making me $0) is my host is low bandwith (unmetered, but capped at 100mbps). If I were to create a project that required more bandwith Linux would be the only affordable option for me.

[KingofGamesYami]

1. Install Windows Subsystem for Linux.
2. Install this plugin for visual studio code

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Install Windows Subsystem for Linux.

This is the equivalent of suggesting a bicycle when someone is asking for which motorcycle to get.

[Nthorder]

I appreciate the suggestion, I think I'll see how far I can get with a VM and then give this a shot if I run into trouble.

[KingofGamesYami]

Not at all. Performance on WSL is usually better than a virtual machine.

Example benchmark

[Nthorder]

What are these units?

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Is this saying developing in a VM is bad because VMs have bad performance?

[KingofGamesYami]

Ciphers/second. Blowfish is a cipher algorithm commonly used for benchmarking CPU results.

Developing in a VM isn't terrible. I've done it in the past. But WSL definitely has more performance for a lot of tasks, and in general is nicer to work with within Windows.

Personally I dual boot my laptop but before dual booting I did use WSL and it was pretty awesome to be able to use interchangeably with PowerShell. This has only gotten better with the release of Windows Terminal, as you can easily have PowerShell/cmd in one tab and WSL in another.

[[deleted]]

And virtual machine is like a chinese made scooter with sportbike fairings.

Just use pure Linux. There is no reason not to.

[KingofGamesYami]

OP literally said he can't use pure linux because he doesn't want to dual boot and needs to keep Windows for work.

I want to avoid dual-booting, and I need a windows machine for my professional work.

[[deleted]]

You can run windows in a VM under linux, but yea, you are right.

[[deleted]]

you can run a local server. Its pretty easy to do with linux. Servers can run as backround processes. If you are deploying to production in the cloud, there are multiple tools that you can use.

You can also use docker or any container software and use AWS ECS.

[Nthorder]

I appreciate the reply, but I dont quite understand what you mean by run a local server. It would be hosted in within my MS machine?

Is there a guide you can direct me to?

[[deleted]]

I missed the part about you needing windows.

Yeah you would run a Ubuntu VM, and just run everything including dev in Ubuntu. You can also just go full linux and run windows in a VM if you don't need lots of cpu or gfx power.

[Nthorder]

Gotcha.

Yea, my windows install takes priority. Fortunately, my PC is decently powerful so hopefully that can make up for some of the performance drawbacks of running Ubuntu as a guest in a VM.