- 1. What's New in This Edition
- 2. Why WSL Is Essential for the Developer
- 2.1 The World Runs on Linux
- 2.2 What Made Everything Harder Before WSL
- 2.3 The Concrete Value for Developers
- 2.4 "But I Do Desktop Development": Why It Concerns You Too
- 3. Introduction: Why Drive WSL from PowerShell?
- 3.1 The "I Open the Terminal and Type by Hand" Problem
- 3.2 The Solution: WSL as a Command, Not as an Environment
- 3.3 When This Approach Shines
- 3.4 WSL and AI Agents: Automatic Multi-platform Orchestration
- 4. Fundamental Concepts
- 4.1 What WSL Is and What It Is NOT
- 4.2 Distribution vs Subsystem
- 4.3 The Lifecycle of a Distribution
- 5. Prerequisites and Verifying the Installation
- 5.1 Checking Whether WSL Is Installed
- 5.2 Installing WSL (if necessary)
- 5.3 Listing the Distributions
- 5.4 Setting the Default Distribution
- 6. Anatomy of the wsl.exe Command
- 6.1 General Form
- 6.2 The Options You Will Use Every Day
- 6.3 The Crucial Difference: -e vs Direct Command vs bash -c
- 7. Launching Linux Programs from PowerShell
- 7.1 Essential Practical Examples
- 7.2 Running a Command and Capturing Its Output in PowerShell
- 7.3 Running as a Specific User
- 7.4 Setting the Working Directory
- 7.5 Launching Programs in the Background from PowerShell's Point of View
- 7.6 Linux GUI Applications with WSLg
- 8. Managing Running Processes and Distributions
- 8.1 Seeing Which Distributions Are Active
- 8.2 Inspecting Linux Processes from the Outside
- 8.3 Monitoring Resource Usage
- 9. Terminating and Killing: Shutting Down Cleanly
- 9.1 The Three Levels of Termination
- 9.2 Level 1: Killing a Single Linux Process
- 9.3 Level 2: Terminating a Distribution
- 9.4 Level 3: Shutting Down All of WSL
- 9.5 The "8-Second Rule"
- 10. Automatic Program Startup
- 10.1 Method 1: wsl.conf with the [boot] Section
- 10.2 Method 2: A Reusable PowerShell Script
- 10.3 Method 3: Task Scheduler (Start at Windows Login)
- 11. Advanced Configuration
- 11.1 .wslconfig: Global Settings (Windows side)
- 11.2 wsl.conf: Per-distribution Settings (Linux side)
- 11.3 The Sections of wsl.conf
- 12. Real Use Cases
- 12.1 Development with PostgreSQL
- 12.2 Development with FirebirdSQL
- 12.3 Starting the Docker Daemon
- 12.4 Automatic Build of a Node.js Project
- 12.5 Automatic SSH Connection
- 12.6 Running a Bash Script with Arguments
- 13. Applicability Scenarios for Delphi Backend Development
- 13.1 Why a Delphi Developer Should Use WSL
- 13.2 Scenario 1: Linux Server in WSL + Windows Client
- 13.3 Scenario 2: Starting/Stopping the Linux WebApp from a Windows Script
- 13.4 Scenario 3: PAServer in WSL for Linux64 Deployment from RAD Studio
- 13.5 Scenario 4: Reverse Proxy and HTTPS Locally
- 13.6 Scenario 5: The Same Distribution as Production
- 13.7 Scenario 6: Containerizing the Server (Docker in WSL)
- 13.8 Map of the Scenarios
- 14. WSL in the Testing and Development Phases with DMVCFramework
- 14.1 Phase 1: Development Loop (Dev Inner Loop)
- 14.2 Phase 2: Smoke Testing the Endpoints
- 14.3 Phase 3: End-to-End Integration Tests
- 14.4 Phase 3b: Client Tests on Windows with the Backend in WSL
- 14.5 Phase 4: Load and Performance Testing
- 14.6 Phase 5: An "All-in-One" Local CI Script
- 15. Automating with AI Agents: Claude Code and Codex
- 15.1 The Two Execution Models
- 15.2 Quick Setup
- 15.3 End-to-End Example: Handing the Agent Build, Deploy and Test
- 15.4 Why Agents Get Along Well with WSL
- 15.5 A Note on Security
- 16. Best Practices and Troubleshooting
- 16.1 Best Practices
- 16.2 Common Problems
- 17. WSL in Production: Recommendations
- 17.1 Pros and Cons
- 17.2 The Recommendation
- 18. Summary of the Main Commands
- 18.1 Startup and Execution
- 18.2 Management and Monitoring
- 18.3 Termination
- 18.4 Configuration
- 19. Complete Table of wsl.exe Options
- 20. Official Resources
- 21. Scripts Included in the Code/ Folder
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"I develop on Windows, so Linux is none of my business." Wrong. And it's costing you time and money.
Your backend will run on Linux sooner or later: containers, cloud, VPS. This guide turns your Windows PC into a full Linux lab with WSL, driven from PowerShell, with no heavy virtual machines and no reboots.
Inside, step by step:
- Start, manage and kill Linux programs and services with a single command
- Run and test your Delphi (Linux64) and DMVCFramework server in the real production environment
- PostgreSQL, Firebird 5, Redis and Docker ready locally
- Windows test clients with the backend in WSL
- Automate build, deploy and test with AI agents (Claude Code, Codex)
- What to do, and what to avoid, in production
Packed with ready-to-use PowerShell scripts and every single command verified hands-on, not copied from the docs.
Stop saying "it works on my machine." Make it actually work, on Linux, while staying on Windows.
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DANIELE TETI
Daniele Teti is a software architect, trainer, books author and consultant with over 20 years of experience. Daniele is a well-known Delphi and programming expert in the developer community and is a regular speaker for italian and international conferences. Daniele is the author of the best-selling "Delphi Cookbook" books serie published by PacktPub. He's the main developer and drives the development of the most popular Delphi open source project on github: DelphiMVCFramework. Among DelphiMVCFramework Daniele is the lead developer for other well know OS projects like ColumbusEgg4Delphi, DelphiREDISClient, DelphiSTOMPClient and many others. He is also a huge fan of design patterns, machine learning and AI. Daniele is the CEO of bit Time Professionals, an Italian company specializing in high-level consultancy, training, development and machine learning systems.
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