This is the package manager which is used to install many of the things mentioned below.
I personally use Kitty as my terminal. I enjoy it mainly due to the fact that it is fast & lightweight.
I used to be of the mindset that the more features a terminal had the better which is why I enjoyed Warp so much it made everything easy out of the box. I am currently at a phase in my software development where I am trying to customize everything I use, and personalize it for my specific needs.
Powerline10k is what makes the terminal prompt look beautiful. The important thing here is too make sure you install Nerd Font as well. My configuration mainly just has the prompt styled how I like it. I just modified the original file that was generated by powerline which is why it is so large.
This gives terminal command suggestions based on previously entered commands.
This provides completion suggestions below the prompt, in addition to a history menu.
This is used to add syntax highlighting for terminal commands.
Note: A tiling window manager is not for everyone, unlike a traditional window manager a tiling window manager is more common on linux operating systems.
As stated above I prefer a tiling window manager. There are not many options out there for macOS since it is more popular on linux. I personally use yabai as I feel it is the best option out there for me. I particularly like how it is the only one currently available that supports spaces.
This is used to define your own keyboard shortcuts. This application is key to using Yabai as it does not have any keyboard shortcuts process built in.
When dealing with NodeJS, rather then installing a specific NodeJS version, I prefer to use (Node Version Manager)[https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm].
I typically install this with Homebrew.
After it is install you can install whatever version of NodeJS you need. I typically run nvm install --lts which will install the current lts version of NodeJS.