Nice article.

I strongly suggest not using brew for Node. I used to use nvm and then n but both had major load time issues with terminal opening up time. Happy with asdf so far.

Thank you for your post! As elementary as it seems, where do you access the terminal to install things on a Mac? I also just ordered one myself after only using PC's my whole life. I've read a few of your posts since recently joining Dev.to and they are delightful : )

Have you ever looked into automating this?

I've built a .NET Core global tool which allows me to install all of the software that I need on a new computer. Once I've installed the .NET Core runtime, I can issue a single command and everything will be installed and set up for me.

The same thing can be done using shell scripts, obviously, but I'm a bit of a .NET Core maniac.

You can use homebrew to install Chrome and even MS Office if u ever need it...

The charm comes

brew tap homebrew/bundle then brew bundle dump --global

which will store your configuration to easily repurpose a new machine in case of a wipe

Credit from twitter.com/zbeekman/status/104943...

Great post. This week was my first time actually using the terminal to install things on my mac

Wasn't aware of Brewfile. Thanks for sharing Michael! I have a script that sets up my Mac and had an array of brew apps that I install, gist.github.com/nickytonline/729fc.... When I get a chance, I'll update it.

Here are my 2 cents:

• workona.com/
• getstation.com/

Happy coding!

Great set up. Looks like am definitely going to be taking home with me your exact setup because I develop with python, JavaScript and currently planning to add Ruby to my stack as a hobbyist. Thanks for sharing

I am recommending against using nvm as your terminal startup time becomes 4sec slower with that.

You ain't missing anything by using SizeUp instead of Spectacle. Spectacle is just a free version of Sizeup with less customization options. Also, Spectacle hasn't been updated for almost 2 years and those Mojave issues are starting to pile up.

I tried to replace Spectacle with Veeer it's newer, shinier, and also free; but lacks features like moving windows between screens.

I don't have any experience with a Mac, so forgive me if I say something stupid.

You forgot virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper for python to isolate package management for different projects. Installing everything in the global site packages will be annoying when you have two projects with the same dependencies differing in the versions they use.

Virtualenvwrapper allows you to setup a folder containing all your virtual environments including making it easy to manage them.

Awesome post! This is a really under-served part of the process.

Intersting to see that most of the things were installed via brew. I didn’t know we could use brew for slack or VS Code

Thanks for alerting to the existence of Fantastical.

I just installed it via HomeBrew Fantastical

I didn't know about code --wait (or code-insiders --wait). Thanks for that! I thought it's not possible to edit git messages in VSCode at all.

Depending on how much you use Git, you may want to incorporate one of the many available git-prompts to make your shell's prompt git savvy.

Also, if you like using a git GUI front-end, I've been liking Cycligent Git Tool (currently at v0.5.2).

I don't use VSCode. Perhaps it already has a pleasant Git front-end either built in, or as an extension / addon.

On Mac, I do use Visual Studio (formerly known as Xamarin). Works great for F# development.

JetBrains PyCharm Community Edition IDE for Python is super sweet. I highly recommend.

Two (and a half?) of my favorites:

BetterSnapTool from the Mac App store lets you drag a window to the {top,sides,corners} of the screen and makes the window resize into {full, half, quarter} size at that position.

CMD- opens the Spotlight tool so you can find anything (or do quick calculations or conversions) without having to mouse to the upper right corner (and in my case risk triggering the Hot Corners action of sleeping the display and locking the computer).

Enjoy your Mac!

Spectacle it's amazing. But I reconfigured some keyboard combinations to avoid conflicts with VS Code.

I highly recommend install this apps through brew: Keka, AppCleaner, Cryptomator, CheatSheet and Karabiner.

Take a look into my post about, maybe you can find something helpful:

Setup MacOS for Development

Camilo Martinez

#productivity#tutorial#beginners#devtips

Thanks for the post!

I would highly recommend you using NVM and RVM to manage different versions of Node and Ruby. Postman (getpostman.com/) is always on the top of my list as well.

Node isn't a language.

Hi.

You should:

• Make use of python's virtualenv so dependency management & versions switching (2 vs 3) is much easier
• Configure the Time Machine using an external HDD in case you mess up, you literally can go back in time

Apart from that, great article.

Nice article. Welcome! Once you go Mac, you never go back. :)

Since you are familiar with rbenv I can recommend also pyenv which is a fork of it. Doesn't really need more introduction. 🔥

Spectacle it's awesome and Free. That's why I think it's most installed than SizeUp.

Wow, you write a lot. We have many tools in common hackernoon.com/20-recommended-util...

Really like these post to see what other people are using.

Okay. I had seen the word ‘cask’ but didn’t know it was for GUI programs. Thank you!

I recently set up a new macbook for work, pretty much did exactly as you! Great article.

Use this too a clipboard history manager

pasteapp.me/

Media player
iina.io

Emails
sparkmailapp.com

Code notes and snippets
boostnote.io

Break time reminder app
hovancik.net/stretchly

we have the exactly the same setup... but recently i switch from fira code to monaco..

Except Visual Studio Code and Sketch, I have the exact same setup on my office mac 💖

Good, I'll pick some that I don't know.

Maybe my post can help you too.

Setup MacOS for Development

Camilo Martinez

#productivity#tutorial#beginners#devtips

To automate this for me (including OS settings and other stuff such as SSH keys) I've created freshinstall:

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Is it worth paying the $99/year for the Sketch license if I don't do much design work? What have you used it for? How often do you find yourself using it?

Thanks for sharing! Here's the instructions I keep up-to-date for my dev box setups:

github.com/thewoolleyman/workstation

-- Chad

I also use SizeUp, and honestly I have no reason to change. It works for what I need it for, and I bought it (kind of a long time ago) so I don't get the license pop-up that the free version has.

Hey, Ali. Nice write up. Thanks for putting it together.
You have a typo/missing word on the first sentence for Homebrew :)

Thank you for the guide. I am planning to resetup my Mac in a similar way. This will be immensely helpful.