Dev Environment Manager (dev-env)

A cross-platform, modular Dev Environment Backup, Restore, Testing, and Reporting framework designed to simplify developer setup across multiple machines and operating systems.

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🚀 Overview

dev-env is a structured system that allows developers to:

• Backup development environments (VS Code, Node.js, Python, PHP, etc.)
• Restore environments on new machines
• Validate setups using automated tests
• Generate environment reports
• Maintain OS-specific configurations (Windows, Linux, macOS)

It works as a local dev environment manager and orchestration system.

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📁 Project Structure

    dev-env/
    │
    ├── dev/
    │   ├── core/                           # CLI orchestrator (backup/restore/test all modules)
    │   ├── vscode/                         # VS Code module
    │   ├── nodejs/                         # Node.js & npm module
    │   ├── python/                         # Python module
    │   ├── php/                            # PHP & Composer module
    │   └── ...                             # Future modules
    │
    ├── Reports/                            # Auto-generated markdown reports
    ├── Testing/                            # Test cases & execution results
    │
    ├── README.md
    ├── LICENSE
    ├── .gitignore
    ├── DevEnv Report.pdf                   # Seminar / documentation report
    ├── DevEnv Report.docx                  # Report Word file
    ├── DevEnv Manager Presentation.pptx    # Presentation file
    └── .git/                               # Git metadata

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⚙️ Features

🔧 Core System

• Central execution engine (dev/core)
• Backup all modules at once
• Restore all modules at once
• Future CLI-based interactive control

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💻 Module-Based Design

Each tool is structured as an independent module:

Example Modules:

• VS Code (extensions, settings, snippets, keybindings)
• Node.js (versions, global packages)
• Python (pip packages, environments)
• PHP (Composer version, Composer packages)

Each module supports:

• Windows (.ps1)
• Linux (.sh)
• macOS (.sh)

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📦 Backup System

• Saves environment state per module
• Supports merge and overwrite modes
• Preserves configuration data in Data/

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🔄 Restore System

• Reinstalls extensions/packages
• Restores configurations
• Handles missing dependencies safely

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🧪 Testing Layer

• Module validation scripts
• JSON-based test definitions
• Result tracking per module

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📊 Reporting System

• Generates markdown reports per module
• Tracks backup/restore activity
• Maintains historical snapshots

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🖥 Supported Platforms

• Windows (PowerShell)
• Linux (Bash)
• macOS (Bash / Zsh compatible)

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🧠 Core Concept

This project follows a modular plugin architecture:

    Core Engine → Modules → Data → Reports → Tests

The system is designed to be:

• Scalable
• Cross-platform
• Extensible
• Automation-friendly

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🚀 Future Scope

Planned improvements:

• CLI tool (dev-env) for unified commands
• Module registry system
• Smart diff-based backups
• Cloud sync support
• Docker-based environment snapshots
• GUI dashboard (optional future version)

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🛠 Example Usage (Future CLI)

dev-env backup vscode
dev-env restore nodejs
dev-env test all
dev-env report generate

📌 Philosophy

"A developer should never lose their environment setup again."

This project is built on the principle of automation, reproducibility, and portability, ensuring that a developer’s environment can be restored anytime, anywhere, with minimal effort.

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👤 Author

Piyush Anand

• GitHub: PR2309
• LinkedIn: piyushanand30
• Email: [email protected]

Built as part of a Development Environment Manager (dev-env) framework project focused on:

• Automation of developer environments
• Reproducibility across systems
• Cross-platform compatibility
• Improved developer productivity

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📥 Installation (Clone Repository)

To use this project, first clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/PR2309/dev-env.git

Then navigate into the project directory:

cd dev-env

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.