GNU Bash

Out of curiosity, when my coding instructor for Python did some commands on his computer, he told me learning any sort of terminal command interface (e.g. GNU Bash, PowerShell, Zsh ) will make me understand systems and how computers work and would make me know the basics of systems programming (although I am more into web development). I immediately went curious, out of my time, and looked up some command line interfaces to learn. It gave me bash, shell, zsh, powershell, etc. All these are really confusing, and they all seem the same. I want to be a terminal dweller, so which of the terminal related things should I learn? I think Bash, since it can replace Powershell on Windows, and has all the Linux/macOS systems.

I use Git mostly inside of Visual Studio Code nowadays. They built it in, no Extension needed. The one Git related extension I did install was "GitHub Pull Requests" which does exactly what it says.

I still use GNU Bash for commands like git branch git checkout git status or git reset --hard origin/master when I need to just start over.

I have been using macOS for 12 years. I can't imagine switching to another operating system since I have all of my hotkeys memorized. Windows 10 has made some drastic improvements like adding GNU Bash/Linux to win developers over from unix-like systems, I just don't feel it is there yet. Maybe I'll give it a shot next time I need a new laptop. 🤷‍♂️

Recently I've switched from GNU Bash to Oh My ZSH and I'm happy with the way I can customize the environment, picking between options by tab and seeing git status or hardware status while typing commands and a beautiful UI that's easy on eyes. Also ability to turn-off case-sensitivity comes in handy. I don't think if I will go back!

I use GNU Bash because it helps me get the job done. While I don't code as much as I use to, I still use the terminal daily to run commands that help me get things done faster than I can using a GUI/Mouse.

What's great is you can use Bash with Alfred so you can have the best of both worlds.