Big Nerd Ranch macOS Bootstrap Script

Bootstrap script to get up and running developing iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and macOS apps for Big Nerd Ranch

It can be run multiple times on the same machine safely. It installs, upgrades, or skips packages based on what is already installed on the machine.

What it DOESN'T do

• It will not change your shell
  • If you're using bash or zsh we'll continue with setup, if not we'll safely exit and log what we found.
• It will not install optional utilities
  • This script aims to be the bare minimum needed for iOS development.
  • See the lean Brewfile for each utilitiy installed
  • To add your favorate utilities see Local Customization)

What it sets up

Mac OS X tools:

• Homebrew for managing operating system libraries.

Unix tools:

• Git for version control
• OpenSSL for Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Ruby toolchain (this will be helpful for project Gems such as Fastlane and CocoaPods):

• Bundler for managing Ruby libraries
• Rbenv for managing versions of Ruby
• Ruby Build for installing Rubies
• Ruby stable for writing general-purpose code

iOS and Mac tools:

• Carthage for managing Cocoa libraries

It should take less than 15 minutes to install (depends on your machine).

Requirements

Shell:

• z shell
• bash

Operating System:

• OS X Yosemite (10.10)
• OS X El Capitan (10.11)
• macOS Sierra (10.12)
• masOS High Sierra (10.13)

Install

Clone, review, then execute the script:

git clone git@github.com:bignerdranch/macOS-bootstrap.git
less repo_path/bootstrap
bash repo_path/bootstrap

Customize in bootstrap.local and ~/.Brewfile

Local Brewfile

A Brewfile is like a Gemfile for non-ruby dependencies. Anything you would install via homebrew you can drop into your ~/.Brewfile and it will be installed during the bootstrap script.

An example Brewfile looks like this:

# 3rd party Taps
tap 'homebrew/bundle'
tap 'caskroom/cask'

# Homebrew Packages
brew 'ack'
brew 'keybase'
brew 'tmux'

# Cask macOS Apps
cask 'java'

# Mac store Apps
mas '1Password', id: 443987910
mas 'Xcode', id: 497799835

bootstrap.local

Your bootstrap.local is run at the end of the BNR Bootstrap script. Put your customizations there. An example local script could look like this:

#!/bin/bash

readonly prefsLocalCheckoutPath="$HOME/app_prefs"

link_xcode_prefs() {
  fancy_echo "Linking xcode configuration files ..."
  local destThemeFolder="$HOME/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/FontAndColorThemes"
  local destSnippetsFolder="$HOME/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets"
  local sourceThemeFolder="$prefsLocalCheckoutPath/xcode_config/FontAndColorThemes"
  local sourceSnippetsFolder="$prefsLocalCheckoutPath/xcode_config/CodeSnippets"
  ln -sF "$sourceThemeFolder" "$destThemeFolder"
  ln -sF "$sourceSnippetsFolder" "$destSnippetsFolder"
}

link_zsh_theme() {
  fancy_echo "Linking oh-my-zsh theme ..."
  local zshThemeDest="$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/themes/agnoster-light.zsh-theme"
  local zshThemeSource="$prefsLocalCheckoutPath/zsh_themes/agnoster-light.zsh-theme"
  ln -sF "$zshThemeSource" "$zshThemeDest"
}

link_xcode_prefs
link_zsh_theme

Write your customizations such that they can be run safely more than once. See the bootstrap script for examples.

Script functions such as fancy_echo and gem_install_or_update can be used in your ~/.bootstrap.local.

License

This script is heavily based on Thoughtbot's Laptop script

Thoughtbot's original work is covered under an MIT license

Big Nerd Ranch's modifications are also covered under an MIT license