joeljames/dev-setup

Setting up development environment

dev-setup

Is a script to set up a MacBook or iMac for local development. It sets up Python, Ruby, Node environments.

Mac

Update System

Manually update the system, For that: Apple Icon > Software Update...

Install Command Line tools

Before running the mac set up script. Please install the Xcode from App Store, and Command Line Tools for Xcode. These include compilers that will allow you to build things from source. You can also install command line tools from the terminal by running the command below:

xcode-select --install

Install zsh

oh-my-zsh.

Install Dev Tools

sh <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/joeljames/dev-setup/master/mac/install.sh)

What Gets Installed

• Homebrew (Package management tool)
• Homecask
• Google Crome (Browser)
• tree (To view a tree structure of your project)
• wget (Package to retrive file through HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, etc)
• git (Version control)
• python (Programing Language; versions 2.7.x and 3.x)
• easy_install (Setup tool for python)
• pip (Tool for installing python packages)
• virtualenv (Tool that creates an isolated Python environment for each of your projects)
• node
• rails (A ruby framework)
• foreman (Manage Procfile-based applications)
• postgres (A relational database)
• mongo (A non-relational database)
• redis (A key value cache and store)
• memcached (A key value cache and store)
• elasticsearch (A serach index)
• docker (Build container apps)
• boot2docker (Lightweight Linux distribution to run docker containers)
• docker-compose (Tool for running complex applications with Docker)
• heroku-toolbelt (Tools to interect with Heroku API)
• aptible-cli (Tool to interect with Aptible API)
• dropbox (Cloud storage service)
• google-chrome (Browser)
• alfred (Productivity application to search you mac and web)
• virtualbox (Hypervisor for x86 computers from Oracle Corporation)
• vagrant (Tool that enables users to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable development environments)
• vagrant-manager (Manager to manage you vagrant machines)