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.

Contents

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
    • Better CoffeeScript
    • Color Highlighter
    • Emmet
    • ERB Snippets
    • Haml
    • SublimeERB

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

• Tweetbot
• Spotify

Productivity

• AppZapper
• Alfred
• 1Password
• PTHPasteboard
• Divvy
• Fantastical
• AppZapper
• Text Expander

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:

• Fluid
• WhatSize