[nothrabannosir]

I work and develop on Windows. Go, javascript / typescript and Scala, mostly. I can tell you: every development tool you can think of runs just fine on Windows. Natively:

* bash

* all the GNU tools (grep, less, ...)

* vim

* emacs

* npm

* all the npm tools (gulp, grunt, &c; everything installable through npm)

* gcc

* make

* IntelliJ

* ssh (command line or putty)

It's all here. Without cygwin. The only problem I ever have is performance of the FS on many small files. That's just terrible.

[ajanuary]

"Just fine" might be overstating it a little. For example, I've often hit path length limits with npm. But definitely better than most people seem to expect.

[antihero]

Having the tools is one thing, having an OS that you spend 60%+ of your waking hours on which is a pleasure to use and makes you happy is another.

[lectrick]

I'd just run a *nix VM.

If your corporate policy even allowed that. :P

[cozuya]

No nvm though, bizarrely.