Bits of .NET

Install Oh My Posh (Themes)

# Install Oh My Posh (PowerShell prompt theme engine)
winget install JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPosh

# Install Nerd Font (for icons)
# Download from: https://www.nerdfonts.com/
# Recommended: CascadiaCode Nerd Font, FiraCode Nerd Font

# Configure PowerShell profile
notepad $PROFILE

# Add to profile:
oh-my-posh init pwsh --config ~/AppData/Local/Programs/oh-my-posh/themes/jandedobbeleer.omp.json | Invoke-Expression

# Reload profile
. $PROFILE

Windows Terminal Settings

// Settings → Open JSON file
{
  "defaultProfile": "{guid-of-powershell}",
  
  "profiles": {
    "defaults": {
      // Font with icons
      "font": {
        "face": "CascadiaCode Nerd Font",
        "size": 11
      },
      
      // Acrylic transparency
      "useAcrylic": true,
      "acrylicOpacity": 0.8,
      
      // Color scheme
      "colorScheme": "Dracula",
      
      // Cursor
      "cursorShape": "bar",
      
      // Padding
      "padding": "8, 8, 8, 8"
    }
  },
  
  "schemes": [
    // Import from: https://windowsterminalthemes.dev/
  ]
}

Useful PowerShell Modules

# PSReadLine (better autocomplete)
Install-Module PSReadLine -Force

# Add to profile:
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionViewStyle ListView

# Terminal-Icons (file icons in ls)
Install-Module -Name Terminal-Icons

# Add to profile:
Import-Module Terminal-Icons

# z (quick directory jumping)
Install-Module -Name z

# Usage: After visiting ~/projects/myapp multiple times
# Just type: z myapp
# Jumps directly to ~/projects/myapp

# Oh My Posh theme
oh-my-posh init pwsh --config ~/jandedobbeleer.omp.json | Invoke-Expression

# Terminal Icons
Import-Module Terminal-Icons

# PSReadLine config
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionViewStyle ListView

# Aliases
Set-Alias -Name g -Value git
Set-Alias -Name vim -Value nvim

# Functions
function ll { Get-ChildItem -Force }
function mkcd($dir) { mkdir $dir; cd $dir }

# z (directory jumper)
Import-Module z

“Customized Windows Terminal looks better than Mac terminal now. Git status in prompt saves me 100 git status commands daily. Autocomplete from history is magic. Terminal went from tool to joy.”