DSO Developer Lowside Loadout

This repo contains a collection of methods to loadout the default PC with additional tools needed for effective development.

Git Suite

This section is the tooling used for GIT and code management

1. Git - The Basic Source code version control used
2. Visual Studio Code - The basic Development IDE used
3. GutHub CLI - Makes downloads from our GitHub projects much easier
4. Windows Terminal - A handy consolidated multi terminal manager
5. Tortoise Git - A handy Windows Git integration and GUI

winget install Git.Git GitHub.cli Microsoft.WindowsTerminal Microsoft.VisualStudioCode Microsoft.VisualStudioCode.CLI TortoiseGit.TortoiseGit 

Virtualization and Containerization Suite

This section is the tooling used for virtualization and containerization

1. Oracle VirualBox - Free Type 2 Hypervisor with a Commercially-Friendly license
2. HashiCorp Vagrant - FLOSS VM Manager used by developers to ease creation and mangement of VMs within git projects
3. Podman & Podman Desktop - A Containerization CLI + GUI that enables the managment and creation of container images
4. Kubectl & K9s - Kubernetes interface CLIs

winget install Oracle.VirtualBox Hashicorp.Vagrant RedHat.Podman-Desktop RedHat.Podman Kubernetes.kubectl Kubernetes.minikube Derailed.k9s

Language Suite

This section is the tooling used for languages used by the team

1. Java - Fundimental development Language
2. NodeJS - Fundimental development Language
3. Python - Fundimental development Language
4. PowerShell - Windows programming language

winget install Microsoft.OpenJDK.11 Microsoft.OpenJDK.21 Microsoft.OpenJDK.17 OpenJS.NodeJS Python.Python.3.13 Microsoft.PowerShell

Useful Apps

Basic set of apps:

1. Horizon Client - Used for DoD Desktop Anywhere
2. Putty - SSH Client with CAC Support
3. WGet - Command line downloader

winget install GNU.Wget2 NoMoreFood.PuTTY-CAC VMware.HorizonClient Microsoft.RemoteDesktopClient

Desktop anywhere

If desired, one can copy the prefs.txt for VMware Horizon View Client to user directory

mkdir /s C:\Users\%USER\AppData\Roaming\VMware\
copy "VMware Horizon View Client" C:\Users\%USER\AppData\Roaming\VMware\

Useful Shortcuts

./Shortcuts provides useful shortcuts, especially if you copy them to your start menu.

In Powershell:

cp -r -v .\Shortcuts "$HOME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\"

Useful Drivers

winget install DisplayLink.GraphicsDriver Poly.PlantronicsHub Logitech.Options Logitech.OptionsPlus

Sustainment

Winget make updates simple!

winget upgrade --all