Set up a new Surface Laptop 7 for Software Development
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Setting up a new Surface Laptop 7 with the Snapdragon X Elite chip for software development on Windows on Arm, the way I like to set things up for my own tasks. ๐ *gear I use:* https://www.amazon.com/shop/alexziskind ๐ Gear Links ๐ * ๐๐ฅ New MacBook Air M1 Deal: https://amzn.to/3S59ID8 * ๐ป๐ Refurb MacBook Air M1 Deal: https://amzn.to/45K1Gmk * ๐งโก Great 40Gbps T4 enclosure: https://amzn.to/3JNwBGW * ๐ ๏ธ๐ My nvme ssd: https://amzn.to/3YLEySo * ๐ฆ๐ฎ My gear: https://www.amazon.com/shop/alexziskind ๐ฅ Related Videos ๐ฅ โถ๏ธ How to dual boot Linux and Windows - https://youtu.be/uqZIp4ay-3s โถ๏ธ Ways to Install Xcode video: https://youtu.be/1NFLVZGlcBw โถ๏ธ Setting up new MacBook for software development - https://youtu.be/mmkDyV59nRo โถ๏ธ Apple M1 and Developers Playlist - my tests so far - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPwbI_iIX3aR88msMh-cHoJiBqS6YMUUH * ๐ ๏ธ Developer productivity Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPwbI_iIX3aQCRdFGM7j4TY_7STfv2aXX High perf mode: powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โค๏ธ SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL ๐บ Click here to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@AZisk?sub_confirmation=1 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajiMK_CY9icRhLepS8_3ug/join โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฑLET'S CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALEX ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/digitalix โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ #surfacelaptop #softwaredevelopment #snapdragonxelite Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:25 Index 01:15 System prep and cleanup 01:35 Examining process architectures 03:35 Power mode 04:50 High performance power plan 09:30 Developer settings 13:22 WSL setup 14:39 Ubuntu initialization 16:05 Central code location 17:40 Git setup 18:23 Winget 19:48 VSCode 20:40 Configure Git 21:18 Winget reference 21:50 Visual Studio 23:18 Quick note about VS Code and Visual Studio 24:57 Oops, can't do that on an ARM machine 25:46 Database management with SSMS 26:32 Node Version Manager and NodeJS 29:54 Using VSCode from Ubuntu 30:30 NodeJS example 30:48 Coffee Break 30:50 Python with Conda 33:37 New Python environment 34:35 Python test 35:04 Docker 36:32 Bonus magical tool for Windows
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