The Curious Coder

Windows terminal tips

Some fun things youy might want to do as someone that is starting to learn code, is trying to use terminal.

Many people that start to learn code, probably start from either Windows or MacOs. I personally use Linux and Windows, and that is why I am giving only tips about windows terminals.

When using windows terminals (assuming you make use of pws and windows 11), it might be a bit overwhelming on how to use it. If you know the basic commandos to traverse a terminal, you might already know that you can use commandos like cd and ls to do this. But the good thing about windows, is that it is less punishing regarding case sensitivity. In case you type something wrong, pressing tab would auto check if something is matching even when cases are different.

Some other tips I have, is making your windows terminal prettier and more defined for softwarer devs. Make use of oh my posh or other terminal tools to make it prettier. This helps you when working on a git project, depending on what theme you use, it helps you keep track of changes, what branch you are and more.

Having icons is also something that can help you navigate better through git, so try using Terminal Icons. It helped me keeping track of what are folders and files.

Hope this helps, there are probably many more things you can do, but at least here is something