Setting up a new XPS 15 for Software Development
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:10 Dell XPS 15 Specs
01:28 System prep and cleanup
07:35 Preparing the command line
08:40 Setting up WSL and virtualization
10:45 Ubuntu install
12:40 Git
13:45 Winget
15:00 VS Code
15:30 Visual Studio
17:40 SQL Server
18:30 SSMS
20:30 Docker
22:30 VS Code extensions and Settings Sync
25:11 Workin inside WSL
26:00 Node Version Manager and NodeJS
27:55 NodeJS example
29:05 Conda with Python
31:55 Python example
@AZisk 26 днів тому
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@jolynele2587 11 місяців тому
the dell is especially good for dev work in winter especially when i compile larger projects because it warms up my room in 20 minutes 🙏
@mryo-yobzh9485 10 місяців тому
@@darrinito Well, seeing that at 4:00 he explains how to turn the XPS into a hand warmer for no reason, I would expect it to thermo-throttle.
@techniumtech4887 11 місяців тому
As a new dev (web and app), I've watched many of your videos to determine hardware choices, prepping machines and just related material to code....wow. Your easy going style really helps take the pressure off! Going to look into some of your courses! Thanks Alex!
@TubeSwarn 10 місяців тому
Finally a tech channel which addresses stuff that's relevant to developers like me. Thank you sir for the windows and mac setup videos. Also your comparison videos helped me a lot. Please keep uploading :)
@rastineshgho8637 10 місяців тому
Just bought a laptop and i didn't know what to do because i haven't had a pc or laptop for a long time. This video is saved! Full of good information🙌
@saurabhranjan4951 11 місяців тому
Wow, the video I never knew I had to watch until I did. It covered most of my workflow and the setup part has always been pretty mesy for me. Thank You!!
@nelwhix 6 місяців тому
I was tired of watching laptop reviews from people that use it for photo/video editing. glad to see a dev's perspective. Thank you👍
@michalsvihla1403 6 місяців тому
If you think about it, all youtubers are basically photo/video editors (because they post videos). And I do agree with your point.
@user-mi2kk5fr8n 10 місяців тому
You are a life saver. I was confused wondering between linux VirtualBox, dual boot and windows 11 trying to figure out how wsl works and all that stuff to get efficient workflow of web development until I finally landed on this video. Thank you very much it's been a relief.
@isachomonik2377 9 місяців тому
Thanks for the video! Just got a new Samsung notebook for studies, and your video helped me a lot to setup it.
@RGB81-vr2se 6 місяців тому
for the first time ever, I was able to follow along, i got a brand new mini PC, and managed to do all the instalation and testing, now i have to continue my jurney alone. 😒 Anyhow, thank you so much, I hope for more detailed videos like this, for total beginers
@traustitj 7 місяців тому
I installed docker desktop and choose wsl2 option. Then pretty regularly and especially after a wake up, even if the screen saver came on. The cpu load and IO load become so excessive that the machine could not be used for a while. Repeated many times over the day. I uninstalled docker desktop, installed hyper V and installed DD again choosing not to use WSL. Works amazingly well. I gave the VM much more memory and no side issues. Works with WSL linux machines.
@blablababaa 10 місяців тому
Thank, I discovered a few things and you are very enjoyable to listen !
@troyroa7768 11 місяців тому
FUN VID AS USUAL, GOOD SIR. Like this format the best!
@maxvamp 11 місяців тому
I bought one of those about 5 weeks ago. Its a nice laptop. I got the 13700, and upgraded to 64GB. Nice machine!!
@AZisk 11 місяців тому
It does get pretty loud under stress, but i’m just used to that from any Intel pc laptop at this point
@flexairz 11 місяців тому
@@AZisk Its the Intel space heater thats factory built in.
@mryo-yobzh9485 10 місяців тому
@@AZisk Disable performance mode and it will stop wasting power (turboing) for no reason, you will probably ear it instantly.
@danhvokhanhtoan2984 11 місяців тому
really straight forward video. love it
@hursh6525 11 днів тому
Thanks! the wsl part was really helpful
@xiaodhruv7693 5 місяців тому
Really enjoyed this video, thankyou I learnt a lot about windows aswell
@muhamedfathy 8 місяців тому
This is great video. Thanks for sharing 👍
@lwa.dev74 11 місяців тому
Thanks Alex this was awesome for windows platform setup :-)
@Fapados123 11 місяців тому
6:40 I'd recommend enabling font smoothing, since you're going to work with a lot of text. No font smoothing feels more eye straining to read.
@AZisk 11 місяців тому
reverted that setting indeed. Good call!
@csisticsakanyfeju1415 11 місяців тому
I'd really like to see some cpu/gpu code benchmarks and maschine learning between this new xps and the m2max.
@nathanrye 5 місяців тому
Learned a lot from the first part
@joe.luke. 11 місяців тому
very helpful for a beginner developer like me
@homerogazze1000 2 дні тому
Great Tutorial Man! Thank you very much : )
@teslasiddha9365 8 місяців тому
Clean and Neat. Grazie Signore!
@Brazil1970 11 місяців тому
Could you test this laptop and compare it to M1/2 Macs? Thanks for all your efforts on making these videos.
@ShinyTechThings 11 місяців тому
I'm curious if/how your stack would run on a Windows ARM laptop like the Inspiron 14 3420 🤔
@user-cn8ki5hv6y 8 місяців тому
Very useful video! Thanks
@taylorkoepp3048 11 місяців тому
SQL Server runs on Linux and has done for years. I moved all our company databases over without any hassle about six years ago. In fact I found it ran better and was easier to install on Linux. It will be easier to run on WSL2 than macOS as well (which will require Docker).
@hyperannatv3387 7 місяців тому
What linux distro u used? Ubuntu sir?
@sto3359 11 місяців тому
First thing I’m gonna do is… Wipe the hard drive and install Linux!
@AZisk 11 місяців тому
Next things, you reinstall Windows because you forgot you needed Visual Studio :)
@gtangari 11 місяців тому
Also a fresh installation of Windows is a good idea. My experience is that is almost impossible to get rid of all the McAfee components etc. etc. ...
@awex7 10 місяців тому
you should get the windows code first bc ur buying windows when u buy the laptop. if it didn’t have the os it would be cheaper
@mrpaasha 9 місяців тому
@@AZisk i have 512 gb ryzen 5 16gb ram, i installed Linux too.
@person1227 9 місяців тому
For anyone wanting to try, I have had a ton of trouble dual booting Linux with my XPS 15. Had to mess around in the BIOS. I got a nice graphics card with it but something is wrong with the Nvidia video drivers. It's very unstable on Linux Mint. It mostly functions but still crashes occasionally. I finally got it all working but it took way longer than other laptops I've worked with. Definitely Google for a bit more info on some of the issues, it's well documented.
@Abedoss 11 місяців тому
From Windows visual effects you should have kept: • Show window contents while dragging I think it’s hard to live without it.
@MarkTrudgeonRulez 10 місяців тому
I run SQL Server in a Linux Docker container, works a treat
@rudedogg_2 5 місяців тому
Very informative! I'll be back a number of times when mine is delivered. Playing the waiting game.
@MrSparc 11 місяців тому
I'm software engineer in cross-platform C++ projects. My laptop OS is Linux, with cross compilers for x86, arm, mingw for windows,etc. Most tests for Windows runs using Wine but when I need a real Windows environment I use it in a VM with a shared code folder mounted. So the workflow that you have show us probably will be more easy in this way. The only potential issue is Windows licensing included with your XPS being used actually in a VM when the OS host is Linux. But this approach increased my productivity, just a single code folder no matter Windows/ Linux targets.
@user-bb1cn1we1e 8 місяців тому
which linux distro ??
@elpsycongroo4275 11 місяців тому
Have you tried sdkman to handle multiple java environments in macOS/Linux/WSL?
@mibeon 10 місяців тому
After you uninstall and uncheck all the windows default stuff, there is only one thing left, which is really useful and that is the linux (wsl) 😄
@TorreyBraman 11 місяців тому
I didn't know about winget, thanks!
@lisovyy 11 місяців тому
I haven't touched Windows in years, but recently I've strated seriously considering switching to it as a daily work driver, there are just a couple of things, mostly related to virtualization, which simply don't work on Arm Mac. Thanks for refreshing my memory how to do stuff ;)
@infeltk 5 місяців тому
virtualization doesn't work on arm mac? Interesting
@lisovyy 5 місяців тому
@@infeltk indeed interesting. Try to emulate non-arm architecture, have fun.
@callevitt8676 10 місяців тому
awesome videos keep up the good work. I am studying computer science with AI and software engineering and was wondering if you would recommend this over the new m2 macbooks for someone like me?
@krey_ton 11 місяців тому
When you (re-)install Windows you have in some iso images e.g. Windows 10 Home / Pro N included which doesn't has stuff like Xbox Game Services or Skype preinstalled so far.
@anwarjujara 19 днів тому
Hello Alex. After preparing your system for the first time and you mention it took you almost a day. Do you take an image copy of your c drive?.
@Soooooonbe 2 місяці тому
Nice video man!
@mazharkhan8339 11 місяців тому
Great video as always. A question do you use resharper with visual studio community? What are your thoughts on resharper?
@AZisk 11 місяців тому
i haven’t tried resharper recently, but i did maybe 7 years ago, and back then it slowed down my development instead of speeding me up, so I stopped using it.
@alexeiz 11 місяців тому
Dell XPS 15 is great because not only you can use it to do your work, it doubles as a stove, so you can also make yourself a breakfast while building your project.
@drishalballaney6590 11 місяців тому
HAHA JustJosh did try cooking an egg on it :D
@ultravioletiris6241 11 місяців тому
@@drishalballaney6590 seriously even the newest ones?
@borngraced 10 місяців тому
pizza ready lmao
@foofoighter 10 місяців тому
Haha never. The battery dies to fast to cook the egg properly
@borngraced 10 місяців тому
I love my Thinkpad z16 :xD
@jafarjuneidi7585 10 місяців тому
I would greatly suggest looking into fnm as a node version manager instead of NVM
@raymondji1006 2 місяці тому
Just got a windows laptop after using mac for years, thanks for the video! Im curious if you have any experience with react native on windows for android development? I'd like to run node in WSL as well, but still figuring out how to get everything working together
@doctor9228 11 місяців тому
Huge video, thank you
@whitepanda9614 8 місяців тому
thak for high power plan
@sirak-zizu 7 місяців тому
What an amazing, precise, fantastic video. Everything that you did on this video was to the point & precisely. I appreciate you and keep it up.....!!!!!!
@AZisk 7 місяців тому
Wow, thank you!
@prashantn687 10 місяців тому
Is XPS 13 plus good choice for little bit of photo and video editing along with MS office and web browsing thing?
@clickratio 11 місяців тому
I personally wouldn't disable waves or Realtek services on startup simply because sometimes audio related functions might be "funky," for example, when u plug something into the headphone jack, the interface that pops up asking u whether its a headset or headphone is part of the waves app
@AZisk 11 місяців тому
I NEVER want to be asked that if I plug something in. That’s something that should be automatically detected.
@mryo-yobzh9485 10 місяців тому
@@AZisk How do you expect it to differentiate between this 3.5mm jack and that same 3.5mm jack ? (spoiler they look the same, but are connected to different devices)
@ChrisGVE 11 місяців тому
Still a big fan of your channel and your style! Question: are you targeting Windows development on this machine? if not why not simply replacing Windows with Linux or is any real downside? Personally I'd be looking at an Intel machine for Nvidia for AI training though using cloud based GPU-enable virtual machines is probably more economical. Wdyt?
@AZisk 11 місяців тому
Yes, I specifically needed a Windows machine for Visual Studio here. I may throw Linux on it if enough people like your comment :)
@AZisk 11 місяців тому
@@husseinhelal9283 my daily driver is the macbook pro (as i mentioned in the video). i needed this xps for a project
@funtom2484 11 місяців тому
Ngl, I have also bought the xps 15 (i7-12th) Running Linux on it is the best experience
@i.am.rossalex 11 місяців тому
@@AZisk what is the real battery life of this Dell while coding, docker, etc…?
@AZisk 11 місяців тому
@@i.am.rossalex Haven’t done the battery test yet. Afraid of perf loss when I use the machine so I’ve been keeping it plugged in. But will have to try out the battery
@dinnyemag Місяць тому
I'm finishing highschool on math and IT and want to go to Technical University for automation and computers, but I feel almost parallel with this part. 😅
@cubano100pct Місяць тому
Power Mode can be set in Windows 11, under Settings -> Power & Battery -> pick Best Performance under "Power Mode"
@rudedogg_2 5 місяців тому
Thanks! I appreciate all the extra info
@AZisk 5 місяців тому
thanks a lot! glad it was helpful!
@josephregallis3394 11 місяців тому
Dell XPS machines are usually very nice!
@bhavanshgupta6476 10 місяців тому
Can you create a new video of setup using the windows 11 Dev Home and other new features for Devs rolled out in recent Microsoft Build 2023, also how does it compare to Mac in terms of development?
@HUAHAM 10 місяців тому
You can also disable the laggy auto web search the one in the taskbar by going to the registry editor use... “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer” path in the Registry, create the “DisableSearchBoxSuggestions” key, and set it to “1.” ... its also irritating as it often pulls results from the web and not the computer this gave me good performance after disabling this and the taskbar weather...the refresh in the back...
@jacksautorepair 11 місяців тому
What doesn’t work if you wipe Windows and install Linux distro? Does it have a touchscreen? Perhaps you can boot up a live distro first to test it. But even if something works, this doesn’t always mean it will work after you install it.
@sabrainc 8 місяців тому
Thank you!! Will you make some google cloud development work flows please.
@Frank2tek 11 місяців тому
Waiting for the Dell XPS 15 Bench.... 🙂
@DavidGillooly 11 місяців тому
Great video especialluy on the setup for Python as I am learning that after working on a Raspberry pi on linux. What screen did you select for the XPS 1920 x 1200?
@charlesborlase2238 11 місяців тому
not sure what he did, but I got the 4K on both of my XPS purchases. In reality I should have stuck with the 1920x1200 and saved some money: I only use the LCD for BIOS work: it's almost connected to a 43" 4K TV display, and when it's not, I have to bump the fonts...so I might as well have picked the 1920x1200.
@nintendo_pilot 11 місяців тому
What is your battery life on that with web development use? I have the previous model and I get barely 2 hours total and I’m squeezing every bit of power savings out of it.
@agostinoromano5016 Місяць тому
WOW... but , Is the Dell XPS 17 version great? do you recommend it?
@jeroenadamdevenijn4067 11 місяців тому
Is WSL2 still orders of magnitude slower compared to a Linux VM? Especially memory and disk I/O which makes it a very poor experience for power users.
@MrShturman10 11 місяців тому
What is the point of installing WSL? i.e. running the front-end part of the project on Linux?
@johnutomo8663 10 місяців тому
Can you test virtualbox with wsl turn on, i always get poor performance when wsl features turned on
@Kedoink18 10 місяців тому
A lot of this seems simpler in linux than windows. Much need for wsl and not dual boot?
@eljanpamintuan7514 24 дні тому
is the macbook air M2 8gb/256gb great for software/website development?
@nerust69srt 10 місяців тому
Sir can i use Macbook pro 14 for Software Development Using Parallels ?
@Makingdifference100 4 місяці тому
Could you confirm what flavor of windows operating system you are using on your XPS 15? Can you tell me if you are using the Home or Pro version? Thanks a lot! I want to buy a new laptop for the same purpose, and I want to make sure my new laptop has the same features as yours and tools. Thanks a lot!
@jameskariuki1091 10 місяців тому
How comes your Ubuntu terminal has the authentic ubuntu theme and font by default. Did you customize it? Mine is just a black background with boring font and colors
@alphabasic1759 11 місяців тому
High perf mode is natively available on thinkpads
@manny6147 9 місяців тому
can someon explain to me why we do the setting up WSL and virtualization, installing ubuntu(idk what thats is), git, winget, VS code(i know that), SSMS, docker, nodeJs, Conda with python pls someone explain am new to programming
@zman7494 9 місяців тому
great guide! um. where can I get the wallpaper you're using? 😬
@ModaFaca 3 місяці тому
Well Played
@markdillon9588 3 місяці тому
Brill vid i learned a lot 😊
@muhammedenesbicen6196 7 місяців тому
At 06:23 in view advanced system settings screen the setting you did made texts look so bad in my asus 16x pc so anybody who face same issue i recommend revert the changes
@ladislavvarga9317 5 місяців тому
I tried Azure data studio and with comparison with behemoth of SSMS it gives similar feature with smaller size.
@oscarmurillo2200 10 місяців тому
Just curious, why SQL Server Express and not Developer edition?
@corentinbarre 10 місяців тому
This XPS 15 (9530 i7 version with Intel Arc A370M). It's realy hot, fan noise and poor battery during web development coding ? Want to replace my thinkpad carbon x1 gen6 to be able to do some editing video
@geekymahi3896 11 місяців тому
difference between visual studio on windows vs visual studio on windows VM on mac ?
@vincentnestler1805 3 місяці тому
Thanks!
@AZisk 3 місяці тому
🤩 thank you so much!
@baxobapo 10 місяців тому
Thank you for the video! Could you also do this for the Dell XPS 17 with an i9?
@AZisk 10 місяців тому
👍 i can’t imagine the xps 17 setup would be any different.
@og4789 11 місяців тому
Please do more PC content as I am now forced to use PC instead Mac at my new job 😅
@Punisher367 9 місяців тому
i become a software developer only from your tips and i create 2 big projects
@magicmulder 5 місяців тому
Funny enough I have two opposed setups for work. At home I have a Windows 11 PC running a Mint VM (VMWare Workstation), at work an Ubuntu laptop running a Windows 11 VM (VirtualBox). Main reason is my home PC is also used for gaming so I didn’t want to go Linux native on it. But that way I have basically the same distribution of programs so I never have to change my workflow.
@CHURCHISAWESUM 4 місяці тому
What’s your solution for sharing files between the two devices quickly and easily? Cloud storage? Thumb drive?
@magicmulder 4 місяці тому
@@CHURCHISAWESUM Thumb drive may be forbidden by company rules. Cloud storage. I use rclone for encrypted cloud storage with obfuscated file names. Can mount the B2 bucket on both machines. Also in our case we use Office 365 so we have OneDrive (and soon Sharepoint).
@dmytro7441 8 місяців тому
The only thing is I like using Windows is plug-and-play. I had a lot of issues with different plugged hardware with Ubuntu.
@user-wb5gy2jk2c Місяць тому
Thanks
@noa7784 7 місяців тому
how will you assess the thermals? Is it really bad?
@spoiledh33b94 11 місяців тому
I use a Code directory too!
@zzaacc 10 місяців тому
Having replaced Windows 11 with Fedora, software dev is much faster - that is after enabling ryzen epp in kernel 6.4 rc5! Perhaps your next benchmarking should through linux into the mix!
@Jayme 11 місяців тому
Something else I like to do is change the confirm popup to never pop up.
@Morzelius 11 місяців тому
Nice video! I would add OhMyPosh to the list
@jmoirnz 18 днів тому
fantastic video, just wondering if anyone can give me some insight to ssh access to github while within the wsl (I'm thinking two ssh key pairs one for win and the other for wsl).
@kaischaabane3174 3 місяці тому
Hi Alex did you use windows home or pro ?
@gabrielmartins7642 4 місяці тому
That is pretty cool, I got the opportunity for a project to develop an android app, but my pc is too trash lol. It is a hp mini from 2009..I don't live in the us so it isn't that cheep for me. Now that vacation came I can't do it since college will be closed
@philosyche 8 місяців тому
If you're someone who does audio work, or even uses audio for music/media on your dell machine, do NOT turn of the waves max start up service, its a nightmare to get it working properly again.
@DAWID13ful 11 місяців тому
So many apps to delete and commercials/news in search 😮 Staying with my Pop_OS (luckily I don't need Visual Studio).
@astrajingga1485 5 місяців тому
can you make system prep and cleanup video separately?
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