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Have you tried to use WSL?

It is its own silo on Windows. Yes, it is native from an implementation standpoint, but does not play well (yet) with the rest of the Windows environment.

Install Visual Studio Code, the usual Windows version.

Explain to VS Code that it is really a good idea to use the Linux subsystem as its command-line environment. Not only interactive sessions like Bash on its integrated terminal, but also for git, compilers, Node, etc.

Once you have got that set up and your development workflow going ok, try setting up the same on Linux or macOS.

Which one would you prefer?

The Windows Subsystem for Linux is brilliant. PowerShell is brilliant. The dotNET universe can be brilliant.

I wish it was easy.