I just bought a shiny new MacBook Pro with a 2.4 GHz Core i5, 8 GB Memory, on OS X 10.63 and thought I would share my setup.
TextMate
Head over to http://macromates.com/ and download TextMate. Once we have installed TextMate we are going to configure it. From the TextMate menu go to:
TextMate >> Preferences >> Fonts & Colors. Then select the “Twilight” theme.
For smaller projects where we do the markup ourselves we are going to use Haml, which we will install shortly, TextMate does not include this bundle by default, so we need to add it. Open up terminal and enter the following:
cd /Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Bundles
svn co "http://svn.textmate.org/trunk/Bundles/Ruby%20Haml.tmbundle/"
Back in TextMate go to Bundles >> Bundle Editor >> Reload Bundles.
Terminal
Next on our list is to configure Terminal.
The first thing we want to do is setup the bash prompt for Git. This cool trick will show our checked out topic branch right at the prompt:
Open a Terminal session and type the follow:
sudo mate ~/.bash_login
To configure we will copy the following into our .bash_login file:
RED="\[33[0;31m\]"
YELLOW="\[33[0;33m\]"
GREEN="\[33[0;32m\]"
BLUE="\[33[0;34m\]"
LIGHT_RED="\[33[1;31m\]"
LIGHT_GREEN="\[33[1;32m\]"
WHITE="\[33[1;37m\]"
LIGHT_GRAY="\[33[0;37m\]"
COLOR_NONE="\[\e[0m\]"
function parse_git_branch {
git rev-parse --git-dir &> /dev/null
git_status="$(git status 2> /dev/null)"
branch_pattern="^# On branch ([^${IFS}]*)"
remote_pattern="# Your branch is (.*) of"
diverge_pattern="# Your branch and (.*) have diverged"
if [[ ! ${git_status}} =~ "working directory clean" ]]; then
state="${RED}⚡"
fi
# add an else if or two here if you want to get more specific
if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${remote_pattern} ]]; then
if [[ ${BASH_REMATCH[1]} == "ahead" ]]; then
remote="${YELLOW}↑"
else
remote="${YELLOW}↓"
fi
fi
if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${diverge_pattern} ]]; then
remote="${YELLOW}↕"
fi
if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${branch_pattern} ]]; then
branch=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
echo " (${branch})${remote}${state}"
fi
}
function prompt_func() {
previous_return_value=$?;
# prompt="${TITLEBAR}$BLUE[$RED\w$GREEN$(__git_ps1)$YELLOW$(git_dirty_flag)$BLUE]$COLOR_NONE "
prompt="${TITLEBAR}${BLUE}[${RED}\w${GREEN}$(parse_git_branch)${BLUE}]${COLOR_NONE} "
if test $previous_return_value -eq 0
then
PS1="${prompt}➔ "
else
PS1="${prompt}${RED}➔${COLOR_NONE} "
fi
}
PROMPT_COMMAND=prompt_func
Next let’s make terminal a little prettier. From the Terminal menu:
Terminal >> Preferences >> Startup; New window settings: "Homebrew".
Terminal >> Preferences >> Settings; Font select "Andale Mono 18pt".
Now that we have TextMate and Terminal configured we are going to setup our development tools.
Development Tools
XCode Tools
Go to http://developer.apple.com/mac/ and download the latest version of XCode. Once it is downloaded simply run the installer.
Git
Next we will download the git-osx-installer, then run it.
RubyGems
From terminal we need to update our RubyGems:
sudo gem install rubygems-update
sudo update_rubygems
SSH
Still at terminal we will run:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "cgabaldon@gmail.com"
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy
GitHub
Then we will navigate over to GitHub.com >> Account Settings to add our RSA key that we copied to the clipboard.
MySQL
We are next heading over to download mysql-5.1.47-osx10.6-x86_64.dmg, and then once downloaded run the installer.
After MySQL is installed we will install the MySQL preference pane which gets added to the OS X System Preferences. To install we simply double clicking on the MySQL.prefPane contained within the MySQL install package. This gives us a convenient way to start and stop our MySQL server from the System Preferences.
Back to terminal to add our newly installed MySQL server to our path:
cd
sudo mate .bash_login # add: export PATH=/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH
Then last, but not least we need to install our ruby mysql gem:
sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
Sinatra
sudo gem install sinatra
Rails
sudo gem install rails
Other Gems
sudo gem install sequel
sudo gem install haml
sudo gem install do_sqlite3
sudo gem install cheat
sudo gem install cucumber
sudo gem install dancroak-twitter-search
sudo gem install faker
sudo gem install geokit
sudo gem install giraffesoft-timeline_fu
sudo gem install github
sudo gem install heroku
sudo gem install json
sudo gem install mislav-hanna
sudo gem install nokogiri
sudo gem install passenger
sudo gem install rack
sudo gem install railsmachine
sudo gem install RedCloth
sudo gem install redgreen
sudo gem install reek
sudo gem install rest-client
sudo gem install right_aws
sudo gem install right_http_connection
sudo gem install rr
sudo gem install rspec
sudo gem install technicalpickles-le-git
sudo gem install thoughtbot-factory_girl
sudo gem install thoughtbot-paperclip
sudo gem install thoughtbot-shoulda
sudo gem install webmat-git_remote_branch
sudo gem install webrat
sudo gem install wirble
Capistrano
To simplify deployment we need to install Capistrano:
sudo gem install capistrano
sudo gem install capistrano-ext
FireFox
We of course need to install FireFox, by downloading and installing.
FireBug
Then Firebug and YSlow to help us on our front end engineering work.
Quicksilver
To help us keep our hands off the mouse we will install Quicksliver so we can exercise our keyboard foo. To install simply extract the tarball and drag to Applications.
Update the mappings to be Apple+Space for Quicksilver and Option+Space for Spotlight.
Fluid
Finally, we will install Fluid to help us turn our commonly visited sites into apps. Once downloaded drag to Applications.
Virtual Box
All production applications get deployed to a LAMP server, so we need a place to test out various configurations locally. Say hello to virtualization! We are going to use VirtualBox; download and install.
Evernote
Never forget anything; install Evernote and sign up.
Concentrate
Multitasking does not work when trying program, distractions will kill you. We are going to install Concentrate to apply the Pomodoro technique to keep focused and productive.
Things
We have a lot of Things to get done, so we need a great task management tool.
Growl
Most of the cooler OSX applications support notifications, Growl is the system for doing that.
Pencil
Pencil is one of the coolest UI prototyping tools I have used since a Sharpie.
Hack
We are now ready to do some serious hacking..
