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I'm wondering if it's wroth installing Linux Ubuntu on on my Lenovo or just keeping my Windows 10 and learn PHP on windows?
What would you recommend? what are some of your setups so I can get some ideas.
It seems like is hard to install PHP Dev Env on Windows 10 it keeps asking to install redistributable.
I think MacBook was the best laptop I had because you can just install MAMP.
OS: Pop_OS, Regolith, Manjaro, Ubuntu
Invest time in learning Linux basis, you will be positively surprised.
Use whatever OS you like in terms of UI. If you enjoy MacOS, use it.
Run PHP in a container that matches your servers and has declarative infrastructure (Docker Compose, Vagrant, Ansible, Pulumi, whatever). All have boilerplate PHP configs you can download.
Then use PhpStorm. VS Code is free but not even in the ballpark in terms of static analysis, refactoring, linting, and autocomplete.
[1] http://vccw.cc/ [2] https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/homestead
Bonus point, they have good integrations with AWS and GCP.
If you're having a hard time with Visual C++ Redist. packages on Windows for WAMP, just try the packages on page bottom here: http://wampserver.aviatechno.net/?lang=en
I use PHPStorm for my IDE, but sometimes I try VS Code before I give up and remember why I dont use it.
I use the Homestead Vagrant box from Laravel since my dev work is Laravel.
IDE - Eclipse/PHP
Never been a fan of Windows' inconveniences, and Apple is notoriously fickle on Unix support, timeliness, versions, and patches.