Dev Workstation Setup

Cross-platform dev-environment bootstrap repo for Windows PowerShell + WSL (bash) + MacOS (zsh/bash).

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What this repo includes

• CLI aliases
  • PowerShell: cli_aliases/powershell/aliases.ps1
  • Bash/WSL: cli_aliases/bash/aliases.bash
• Folder-structure bootstrap scripts
  • PowerShell: folder_structure/create-dev-folder-structure.ps1
  • Bash/WSL: folder_structure/create-dev-folder-structure.sh
• Project scaffold
  • scaffold-project.ps1
  • scaffold-project.sh
• VS Code baseline
  • .editorconfig
  • .prettierrc
  • .vscode/extensions.json
• Cheat sheet
  • docs/powershell-bash-alias-cheatsheet.md

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Quickstart

Windows (PowerShell)

1. Open your profile:

   notepad $PROFILE

2. Add this line (adjust the path to your repo clone):

   . "C:\path\to\new-dev-env\cli_aliases\powershell\aliases.ps1"

3. Reload:

   . $PROFILE

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WSL / Linux (bash)

1. Edit your .bashrc:

   nano ~/.bashrc

2. Add:

   source "/mnt/c/path/to/new-dev-env/cli_aliases/bash/aliases.bash"

3. Reload:

   source ~/.bashrc

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macOS (zsh default)

Run:

./scripts/install-macos.sh

This:

• Adds aliases to ~/.zshrc
• Also updates ~/.bashrc
• Installs tree via Homebrew (if available)

Reload:

source ~/.zshrc

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Create the dev folder structure

PowerShell

.\folder_structure\create-dev-folder-structure.ps1 -BasePath "D:\"

Options:

• -BasePath (required)
• -RootFolderName (default: _development)

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WSL / macOS

chmod +x ./folder_structure/create-dev-folder-structure.sh
./folder_structure/create-dev-folder-structure.sh --base "$HOME" --root "_development"

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Scaffold a New Project

Copies:

• .editorconfig
• .prettierrc
• .vscode/extensions.json

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PowerShell

.\scaffold-project.ps1 -ProjectPath "D:\_development\01_Projects\Personal\my-new-project"

WSL / macOS

./scaffold-project.sh "$HOME/_development/01_Projects/Personal/my-new-project"

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Notes

If tree is not installed:

Ubuntu / WSL

sudo apt update
sudo apt install tree

macOS

brew install tree