At 1:55 and 3:50 you were in select mode (as evidenced by the changed window title). Microsoft made it easier to copy text from the console window and PowerShell. You need to press [Esc] to exit this mode.

Great video. Eerily precisely what I was looking for with WSL + vscode + Docker. I strongly agree with your leaving in "mistakes" and explaining the solutions you find. So often the constructivist approach is the best! Thank you!

Man, I am so grateful for this job. In addition to the quality of the information you speak in such a way that people that have just a little knowledge of english can understand. Thank you !!!

This tutorial was an absolute gold mine. I learned a lot and got many ideas. I liked how the command shell looked beautiful after installing Oh My Zsh. Thanks, mate.

Brilliant explanation of so many technologies ‘packaged’ neatly in one video. I really do like where you explained where things went wrong & more importantly why. Mega 👍🏽

I've learned frontend dev for a couple of months now. Starting my backend learning, and I was having a hard time setting up the dev environment, especially using wsl. Can't thank you enough for the tutorial, really great video. Thanks man

On my machine, I had to change the forward slashes at 36:54 to backslashes, even though Windows documentation for Terminal troubleshooting states "On newer versions of Windows, startingDirectory can accept Linux-style paths." So YMMV rules again. Great video!

Showing your imperfect experience with installation right off eased my fears that I'm learning challenged. I'll be more patient toward my self in the future. Thanks!

I absolutely love the rawness of this video, if errors come we fix it together with logical approach and not just cut that part!

Mr Brad you're the best teacher. You teach me a lot of things thank you 🙏.

dude i cannot thank you more , I am working on a project based on API testing and this is exactly what i needed . DUde youre a life saver dude thank you man

I was in awe on how you delivered this video. Was easy to follow but best of all your mindset when doing so. Bravo. I learned plenty.

I came here to see how you would configure a WSL2 dev-env but left with a docker/mysql mini intro. I really appreciate that. Thank you and i hope one day i can reach your level of proficiency.

I appreciate and enjoy your teaching and "learning" style. It is very helpful to know your thinking and problem solving process.

Im in process of moving from Mac world to windows, and this video is like Miracle, thanks ✌️

Really exciting times developing on Windows with WSL. Scott Hansellman has some great content on WSL too

Thank you! I have been working with WSL2 for a while, but I'm completely new to Docker. This video helped me understand how to use WSL2 with Docker!

at 18:13 for those who are getting error which is "value is deprecated" . The error message you are seeing may be related to changes made in the Windows Terminal app. In the latest versions of Windows Terminal, the "useAcrylic" and "acrylicOpacity" properties have been deprecated and replaced with "backgroundImage" and "backgroundImageOpacity". To fix this error, you can update your Windows Terminal settings.json file to use the new properties. Here's an example: "profiles": { "defaults": { "backgroundImage": "path/to/image.jpg", "backgroundImageOpacity": 0.7 } }

I showed cmatrix to my partner but she wasn't convinced of anything, just kinda shouted 'whyyyy' at me. Thanks for the vid!

So grateful to you Brad. You're pretty much a lifesaver

I commend your work. Good work. I still cannot fathom having to work on windows. What a nightmare, going through all these hoops just to get something so basic done.

Thanks so much for this video, it took me a few tries to get everything right but now I have a much better understanding of Docker and how I can begin to match environments locally with hosted websites :)

The best part was fixing the issue that he got in the process which helps a lot.

I love that you didn't cut your imperfect scene. Anyway, thank you for sharing your knowledge

Great video Brad, i have previously installed wsl through Windows store and forgot the actual process . This video should help.

i never watched any of your youtube videos but once i heard you talk i knew you were schiff but i leaned from a fw of your udemt courses 🤓😄

I almost skipped this video. Glad I didnt. Great content. As a Windows user, I really like WSL.

One of the best tutorials i've come across, thanks very much!

Awesome video. Now I'm really thorn between a windows machine vs mac to go back to school!

I was using Ubuntu on my PC, AMD ryzen 3 2200g, I and just get enough of the Ubuntu boot (grub) issues, So decided to give it a try on windows, so far so good, totally worth it.

Just finished this great tut and thanks for that. It took me some time but that is because along the way I also spent time to get Ubuntu as Docker running on my T5 and were I succeeded in too.

Excellent Step by Step Guide to Docker Dev Containers. Thank you.

Thank you so much, I have learnt quite a lot. Will be looking out for more of your tutorials.

Excellent. This is the best gift for New Year!

Thank you so much man I'm new to web dev and this video was super helpful!

I'm very grateful for this video! I used to like Windows, and now that I have access to Linux without using a dual boot or virtual machine, it's priceless!

This video is so helpful. Thank you m8.

26:13 Your cat said "NO". & this was easy to folllow along, really Whatever you teach becomes easy.

very nice thank you very much for this video!

3.7k+...Thanks. Great tutorial !!!

Very well documented! Thanks!!

Great video! I learned so many new tricks. thank you

at 19:30 where you can change the profile starting directory in win 11 pro 22631.3296 it doesn't seem to matter if check off the box for "use parent process directory" it still opens in the in the directory you are in. followed your directions, everything looks the same but it'll only open in the directory I'm currently in

I love this tutorial so much. It's so fun to watch. And it clearly shows me what I should do and why. Just one noob question: why install Node.js on Linux? Is it bad to use Node.js in Docker?

the best video i've seen in my life thank you

Amazing video, excellent explanation!!...the explanation helped me a lot!! Thanks!

THIS is what I’ve been looking for

Amazing video! Thank you

Best environment for sure! Thanks!

Wow Good Explanation..I did all the part with minimal errors..❤️ Thanks dude

Nice explanation thanks for share this information

Works like a charm, thanks man!!

Great tutorial, helped me a lot.

bro you earned a subscriber !!

Marvelous!

2021 December - the time Brad used Windows !

SUPERB, simple, thanks

Thanks so much for this tutorial. Really useful and funny @ 4:30!

Wow. Great tutorial and explanation

God bless you for this piece.

36:49 It's important to emphasize that this only works if your "Command line" field is set to use the "wsl.exe" binary and not the "distribution-name.exe". I had a hard time trying to figure out what I was missing.

One important note. Mounting C drive and working there has a terrible performance penalty in wsl. I suggest always work in home directory of wsl Update : Reach further on video and u actually notice it good job 👏

Great vid!

This video helped me so much thank you

godd$#@! this guy is amazing, keep going with this incredible job. I just finished your WordPress Development course on Udemy, very well designed I'm fully applying everything in my current job. Thanks brad!

okay I changed the setting for default directory in terminal and I total lost all access to my windows structure. I used to be able to cd in and out of windows file system. now when I use ls -a I get like bash and zsh files. Then when I open vs code and start WSL at bottom left it only shows .cache, .ohmyzsh and .vscode server. When I open from local desktop it takes me out of WSL ubuntu

WSL is kinda cool thing, you can experiment on it and get educate yourself on linux servers. I install things on my windows machine using chocolate. similar to the brew on mac. very similar experience for mac users. recently i ditched my 2018 macbook pro and using windows desktop PC most of the time. but i don't use docker. i tried it before but have found no use for it . just fills my ssd for no apparent reason. had no issues building my projects on linux server so far.

A connection with the server could not be established I am getting like this , what can be done?

Wsl -install worked for me seamlessly. Though for initial 2-3 mins it was stuck at 0%

Wow the best tutorial on dock for windows. please can you do one on mac for us. Thanks man!

Hi, previoursly I have used the conda environment in windows with vscode, now if I want to choose ubunto as a default profile in vscode how can I use conda and such environments I used in windows terminal?

Superb ❤️. Thanks brad

Hi this is really good sir I hope some day you make a very intuitive course about PHP

Super! Thanks a lot!

brilliant video!

Wow! Thanks man!!

Is installing GUI for WSL2 recommended to install for coding or it's just for fun stuff?

Thanks for this, btw one quick question if I use only the docker in wsl2 and running node on my windows will that affect/increase the speed rather than opening my source code in the remote wsl directly?

This iw awesome! Thank you. I have follow up questions. My reason for installing WSL was to use ddev... You did this thing where you mount your C drive in Ubuntu. If I do that, will I still be able do my ddev stuff in my Linux home directory? Or will that be available from anywhere?

Amazing!! U should make this tutorial for laravel also...

Does any one know , what's with the buzzing sound in terminal ?

Thanks!

Great video by the way, helped me a lot am new to linux, just figured that i need to know how to use it as a web developer(backend) especially the ubuntu distro, but unfortunately, i cannot upgrade to wsl2 because my computer didn't meet the requirements therefore can't use docker (very worried) could you help, is there a way to use docker with the wsl 1?

Thanks man

Thank you so much. I am in the process of learning JavaScript and a guide I'm following required this setup and it so much cleaner than the mess I had before. I have a question regarding the docker image we set up in the /db folder. Now when I try to git add -A I cant because "warning: could not open directory 'db/pets/': Permission denied" I cannot figure out if this is normal and I just shouldn't try to commit the folder, or if something is wrong. And if it is normal, what kind of folder structure is normal then, because it doesn't feel great that I have to commit every single file separately because otherwise the /db folder will complain?

Great video ❤

i normally use 'nvm' to manage my node versions instead of directly installing node.

Nice man 😍

why not use nodejs in docker?

Super useful

great, Thanks a lot.

I keep getting this message when I start up VS Code: "this workspace is on the windows file system (/mnt/). For best performance, we recommend moving the workspace to the Linux file system(~/home)" Source: WSL Extension I'm not entirely sure what I did wrong or how to get rid of it, im looking online but also wondering if anyone here might know how to get rid of it.

Just install apache2. Love your videos

not able to find the zshrc file and cannot run npm commands How did you add the paths in zshrc file cannot do npm install it says zsh command not found

Hi, really loved your video a lot! but i ran into a problem. everytime i use the command 'node index', nothing happens and i just get a blank console. any suggestions on how to fix this?

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Wow! An amazing video. Seems to cover everything I need to set up for the microservices course I'm taking right now, except Redis. Though, I would like to do everything you're doing in the video, directly in Kubuntu 21.04 full standalone install. Is that a more viable option or worse? Anyhow, thanks again for yet another very helpful video.

Ok Bucky Robert 😍 👏

why name of ubuntu folder selector not display ?

You are amazing!