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I don't mean to trivialize the complexities and importance of setting up a development environment you are happy with, but Linux is very easily available to a Windows user via virtualbox VMs or boot2docker. Are you sure you can't find a workflow involving those that you're happy with? Editing files doesn't have to use an editor in the VM.

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Do you mind explaining what a natural workflow for this would look like? Is it to SSH into the VM using your editor of choice?

You can keep doing everything all the coding that you've doing on the windows side. Just set up a shared folder which will instantly update the virtual box. Keep one terminal tab open that's ssh'd into the box, and just switch over to that tab when you want to run anything.

I do this, e.g. drop box on the VM and host

Thanks.

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