Windows Workstation Config for Dev Environment for Chef Cookbooks

devWrkstnConfig.ps1

# launch powershell with admin privileges 
# run:

# install chocolately
iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
# update to WMF 5 & powershell version 5
choco upgrade powershell -pre 
# reboot machine

# launch powershell with admin privileges 
# run:

Install-Package -name git -provider chocolatey
Install-Package -name chefdk -minimumVersion 0.6.0.1 -provider chocolatey
Install-Package -name atom -provider chocolatey
Install-Package -name vagrant -provider chocolatey
# Install-Package -name virtualbox -provider chocolatey  # can't have hyper-v installed; fails to install on windows 10 tech preview build 10130

# remove vagrant-windows plugin[1][2]
vagrant plugin uninstall vagrant-windows

# add vagrant-winrm plugin
vagrant plugin install vagrant-winrm

# Open powershell window as user

apm install linter
apm install linter-foodcritic
apm install linter-rubocop
apm install line-ending-converter
apm install language-powershell

Install-Module posh-git
. $PROFILE

# Make sure that the Windows host dev machine has the line endings taken into account relative to Git & GitHub
https://help.github.com/articles/dealing-with-line-endings/


# You now have a Windows development environment for Chef Cookbooks that works the same way on OSX.

# [1]https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues/5316
# [2] https://github.com/WinRb/vagrant-windows
# "..Vagrant 1.6 will natively support Windows guests, this plugin should not be used with Vagrant 1.6 or later..."