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Benjamin Hedgepeth
5,672 PointsUsing Windows for this course
So it will be okay if Windows is used for this course since the just the foundations of the console are being taught? I'll assume for more advanced commands that Linux is preferred more?
2 Answers
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 PointsThe short answer is yes. The slightly longer answer is that you ideally would get a more advanced console/terminal application for Windows, because the built-in command prompt sucks and Powershell is very different.
Check out cmder or cygwin or have a read of this comparison article to find another: What are the best terminal emulators for Windows?
Gonzalo Blasco
11,927 PointsAt work I use a Windows Laptop everyday, but you still need to know how to manage yourself with Linux/Unix for example to use the 'git batch' and be able to drive between folders and listing their content.
The best should be to use a Unix base system (Linux, Unix or OSX) but it's not possible to everybody.
In just a phrase: 'you can use windows, but you should learn how to use the console for every task you should need, like git or when accessing a server using the console to take care of some task'.