A Few Quick Tips for Setting Up Windows for Development

Windows laptop showing keyboard and dark blue start screen.

When you’re a developer switching from a Mac environment to Windows or you’re a new developer working in Windows, it can be challenging to know where to start customizing your environment.

Wouldn’t it be nice to get favorite tips and tricks from a Windows developer?

Thanks to Christina Workman’s question on Twitter about moving from a Mac to Windows development environment, Amy Letson shared some of her favorite Windows settings.

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Happy Independence Day 2022!

Red and white fireworks burst across the night sky.

Millions of Americans will gather today with family and friends to enjoy parades, music, fireworks, and picnics as we celebrate our national holiday and independence from Britain. For those celebrating the Fourth of July, I hope you have a wonderful day! Independence Day is also a reminder of our nation’s continuing struggle for freedom and… Continue reading Happy Independence Day 2022!

Photo of the Week: Tasty Tidbit for a Tern

Gray tern with black cap and black-tipped orange bill, extends its wings at it quickly flies off after diving into the water to catch a small fish in its bill.

In the midday heat of the summer, I don’t typically see many birds active in marshes.

A few Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons can be found along the shorelines.

Or perhaps a Wood Duck with their duckling family or Trumpeter Swans with their cygnets.

It can be pretty quiet in the marshes, except for the calls of the Red-Winged Blackbird.

But I’ll often see terns as they fly and circle over canals and marshes.

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