lgzarturo / dev-setup

Setup Tools and Applications for MacOS Development Environment

Dev Setup

1. Install Homebrew, please run script setup.sh
2. Install terminal iterm2
3. Customize bash terminal and install zsh
4. Install recommended applications with brew, see: brew-casks.txt
5. Configure OSX Settings for better accessibility (Dock/Finder)
6. Install tools for productivity in OSX like Window Management, Quick Launcher or Hyperswitch
7. Use web browser extensions like AdBlock, Privacy Bagder, OneTab, JSONViewer, Stylus, Vue Devtools, React Devtools.
8. Install the following SDK for development:
   • Nodejs npm with nvm, stable version
   • Java SDK with sdkman (17, 19)
9. Install and customize Visual Studio Code, choose the follow editor extensions, see: vscode-extensions.txt
   • Current theme: Andromeda
   • You can install all extension with this command: xargs -L code --install-extension < vscode-extensions.txt
10. Install and customize IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm and DataGrip
11. For eye care install Flux
12. Set configurations with dotfiles, only rename each file with prefix dot and put the file in user ~/.
13. Configure the ~/.zshrc following the file zshrc_sample.txt.
14. Copy scripts folder with the needs of environment, and configure ~/.zshrc:

# Load scripts in the session terminal.
for file in ~/.scripts/*; do
    [ -r "$file" ] && [ -f "$file" ] && source "$file"
done

Additional

• Review the file setup_brew_installer.sh and install application needs.
• Ubuntu Linux environment see the file setup_linux.sh.

Apps

Here got a quick list of some applications, might find useful as well:

• Insomnia: Useful to test your REST APIs.
• GitHub Desktop: Tool to review the diff and stash changes.
• Spectacle: Keyboard shortcuts to move and resize windows.