config

Config is a basic checklist I follow to set up a new Mac's development environment. It gets me up to speed with Git, Ruby, GitHub, Jekyll, and more so I can more quickly get back to coding.

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Config

Config is a basic checklist I follow to set up a new Mac's development environment. It gets me up to speed with Git, Ruby, GitHub, Jekyll, and more so I can more quickly get back to coding.

It also includes a lightweight list of the applications I depend on to survive a day of computer use.

File	Description
`.bash-profile`	Customizes the Terminal.app prompt and echoes the currently checked out Git branch.
`.gitconfig`	Global Git configuration to specify my name and email, shortcuts, colors, and more.
`.gitignore`	The git ignore file I use.
`.gitexcludes`	Quick fix to always ignore DS_Store
`.powconfig`	My pow configuration file.

Checklist

1. Prep OS X

Download and install latest version of Xcode from the Mac App Store.
Download and install Xcode Command Line Tools from https://developer.apple.com/downloads/.

2. Prep Terminal.app

Load up the Ocean theme from https://github.com/jonathansimmons/ocean-terminal
Set default monospace font to Source Code Pro
Install homebrew

Clone https://github.com/jonathansimmons/config

Create a symlink to your .bash_profile

  $ cd ~
  $ ln -s <path/to/config/repo/.bash_profile>

Create a symlink to your .gitconfig

  $ cd ~
  $ ln -s <path/to/config/repo/.gitconfig>

Create a symlink to your .gitignore

  $ cd ~
  $ ln -s <path/to/config/repo/.gitignore>

Create a symlink to your .gitignore

  $ cd ~
  $ ln -s <path/to/config/repo/.gitexcludes>

Create a symlink to your .powconfig

  $ cd ~
  $ ln -s <path/to/config/repo/.powconfig>

Install git-completion

3. Secure Git(Hub) access
Generate new SSH key
Generate an access token for Terminal to auth your GitHub account when 2FA is enabled.

4. Setup SublimeText

Download SublimeText 3
- Install Spacegray Theme
- Use Source Code Pro (monospace font)
- Add Package Control
- Install favorite packages

5. Setup Ruby

Install rbenv via Homebrew: brew install rbenv.
Download a version of Ruby via rbenv (e.g., rbenv install 2.2.3). See https://gorails.com/setup/osx/10.11-el-capitan.
Make it the global version of Ruby: rbenv global 2.2.3.

Installing and managing Ruby with rbenv allows us to specify versions of Ruby on a per-project basis. It also means we can avoid running sudo commands for installing gems and more as it's not affecting OS X's system Ruby.

6. Additional dependencies

The following is a list of apps lightly categorized that that I've found useful over the last 10 years using a mac.

Communication

Slack

Email

Apple Mail Has its caveat but is out of the box
Postbox (if you don't need exchange support)

File Storage

Dropbox
Box

Backup

Time Machine

Personal

Productivity

Developer

Paw
- RESTed A more vanilla native rest client
Transmit
Tower

Terminal

Homebrew (/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)")
mysql brew install mysql
postgres brew install postgres
apple developer downloads

Database Management

Sequel Pro
Postico
Postgres.app this is an alternative to using brew for postgres management.

Utility: