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Mac OS X setup for Web Development

· Miguel Parramón · blogger

Here’s my current setup for programming and web development in Mac OS X. I recently set up my Macbook again, and set out to write this post to remember what to do next time. This is the first step towards having a nice script that sets all this up for me, in the vein of thoughtbot’s `laptop` or GitHub’s Boxen.

I’m looking for things that I could improve from this setup, or additional tools to enhance my workflow. If you have any, or just want to share your setup, comments are at the bottom.

  • Enable filevault encription on the initial Mac OS X setup:

  • remove docked apps from dock

  • Install homebrew: ruby -e ”$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)”

  • Install some command line apps with it:

  • git: latest version, since the one coming with Mac OS X is pretty old

  • hub: to create Pull Requests on GitHub from the command line

  • vim: for lightweight text editing

  • watch: to make heroku ps refresh, basically

  • postgres: open source database with full text search and lots more goodies

  • use  `createdb ` to setup user database

  • mongo: NoSQL database

  • Install homebrew cask: brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask

  • Install some Mac apps with it, and configure them. I mainly use the keyboard to interface with the computer, so lots of them are related to that.

  • atom: Sublime Text open source & free alternative

  • google-chrome: browser

  • Sign up with my Google account

  • Insert sync passphrase

  • All my extensions are back!

  • Shotcat: click on things with the keyboard

  • karabiner: keyboard customizer

  • Make Caps Lock work as Ctrl and Escape 

  • Increase key repeat

  • flux: adjust to circadian rhythms by changing the screen color temperature depending on the time of the day 

  • skype: talk to clients and recruiters, mostly.

  • iterm2: better terminal

  • Make the option/alt key act like Meta or send escape codes for readline shortcuts: 

  • Install Grid for workspace window management:

  • Configure Keyboard on “Settings” to tab between all controls:

  • Install ohmyzsh: curl -L https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh | sh

  • Bring back dotfiles from my GitHub repo

  • Set up global gitignore: git config —global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

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