basic mac development environment setup

osx setup commands:

• $ xcode-select --install
• install brew: https://brew.sh/
• $ brew update
• $ brew cask install iterm2
  • preset natural text editing
  • fonts
  • color
  • reuse previous session's directory
• $ brew install bash
  • echo $SHELL -> get the default shell path
  • which bash -> get the installed shell path
  • $ nano /etc/shells -> add new shell to file
  • chsh -s [PATH TO SHELL] -> save new shell as default
• $ brew install git
• $ brew install vcprompt
• install nvm: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
  • curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash
• $ nvm install stable
• update bash profile:
  • add .bash_profile to home directory (see dotfiles repo)
• $ brew cask install spectacle
• $ brew cask install alfred
  • change to default app instead of spotlight (system preferences > keyboard > shortcuts)
• $ brew cask install google-chrome and $ brew cask install firefox
  • tabliss, adblock, gofullpage
  • duckduckgo search engine
• Install Hyperswitch: https://bahoom.com/hyperswitch/get
• mkdir ~/development
• $ brew cask install visual-studio-code
  • update vscode settings
  • install vscode extensions
    • Apache Conf
    • Awesome Flutter Snippets
    • Beautify css/sass/scss/less
    • better comments
    • community material theme
    • dart
    • es7 react/redux/graphql
    • eslint
    • express snippets
    • flutter
    • import cost
    • live server
• $ brew cask install figma

fonts:

• https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

credit

big thank's to CJ's Stream. This guide is heavy influenced by him. Some of these settings are adapted to my personal preferences and needs.

• https://gist.github.com/w3cj
• https://github.com/nvm-sh
• https://github.com/tonsky