You're reading from Windows Terminal Tips, Tricks, and Productivity Hacks Optimize your command-line usage and development processes with pro-level techniques

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800207561

Length 254 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Windows Terminal

Concepts

Web Utilities

Author (1):

Will Fuqua

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introducing the New Windows Terminal

2. Chapter 1: Getting started with the new Windows Terminal FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Learning the Windows Terminal UI

4. Chapter 3: Configuring an Ubuntu Linux profile

5. Section 2: Configuring your Windows Terminal and its shells

6. Chapter 4: Customizing your Windows Terminal settings

7. Chapter 5: Changing your Windows Terminal appearance

8. Chapter 6: Setting up keyboard shortcuts

9. Chapter 7: Hidden Windows Terminal Actions

10. Chapter 8: Tips for using PowerShell like a Pro

11. Chapter 9: Tips for Using Ubuntu like an Expert

12. Section 3: Using your Windows Terminal for development

13. Chapter 10: Using Git and GitHub with Windows Terminal

14. Chapter 11: Building web applications with React

15. Chapter 12: Building REST APIs with C# and Windows Terminal

16. Chapter 13: Connecting to remote systems

17. Chapter 14: Managing systems in the cloud

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix Windows Terminal Actions

Chapter 14: Managing systems in the cloud

In this chapter, we'll continue our theme of working on remote systems and begin connecting to the cloud. We'll learn how to connect to Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), all within Windows Terminal.

The cloud is an important part of modern development and DevOps workloads; companies are often happy to pay a higher price for increased flexibility and reduced maintenance. With the number of services that clouds provide, it's common to interact with them multiple times per day—so it's worth spending some time optimizing our cloud workflow!

By the end of this chapter, we'll have integrated Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services into our Windows Terminal. The techniques and patterns we'll learn for these three cloud providers will leave us well equipped to integrate any other cloud providers in the future.

In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics...