Ruby on Rails on Windows is not just possible, it's fabulous using WSL2 and VS Code

1 · Scott Hanselman · July 25, 2019, 9:04 p.m.
I've been trying on and off to enjoy Ruby on Rails development on Windows for many years. I was doing Ruby on Windows as long as 13 years ago. There's been many valiant efforts to make Rails on Windows a good experience. However, given that Windows 10 can run Linux with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and now Windows runs Linux at near-native speeds with an actual shipping Linux Kernel using WSL2, Ruby on Rails folks using Windows should do their work in WSL2. Running Ruby on Rails on Windows ...