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Do any of you Windows users leverage CLI tools much? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago by treadful@lemmy.zip to c/programming@programming.dev

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I built a service whose primary client is a CLI program. I was thinking about building that client for Windows as well (not just WSL). My target users are generally technically-proficient so I'd rather not build a whole GUI app if it's unnecessary. But I honestly have no idea how often Windows users use CLI tools beyond some Windows admin stuff.

So if Windows is your daily driver, how often do you leverage the shell and how unusual would it be to use CLI tools in your workflows?

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[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends on the windows user. But I dunno why you wouldn't offer it for Windows. You kind of have to go out of your way these days to make supporting Windows difficult, e.g. using OCaml or Perl or Bash or something.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mostly I guess I'm wondering if porting the CLI client would be useful or if a GUI client would be required to get any traction on Windows.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 23 hours ago

Ah I see. That definitely depends on what it is and who your target audience is. I would say you can be quite technically proficient in Windows without being very familiar with the command line because a) the Windows command line sucks (even Powershell is kind of awful), and b) there are so many great GUI tools available, you almost never need to resort to the command line.

So yeah, just depends where you want to draw the line and what it is that you're making.