A script to set up a macOS laptop for development.
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.
We support:
- macOS Monterey (12)
- macOS Big Sur (11)
- macOS Catalina (10.15)
Older versions may work but aren't tested.
(These commands should be run in Terminal)
Download and review the script:
curl --remote-name https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codeclan/laptop/master/macThen run it and start the installation:
sh mac 2>&1 | tee ~/laptop.logYou will need to enter your computer password a few times throughout the script to allow installations.
At the end of the installation script, another script will run to attempt to check if any applications failed to install. (occasionally may claim some application are missing that aren't)
You can repeat this by running the following lines in terminal:
curl --remote-name https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codeclan/laptop/master/laptop_install_test
sh laptop_install_test- Apple's Command Line Developer Tools to enable developer functionality on our macOS system.
- Homebrew for managing operating system libraries.
- Git for version control
- Zsh as your command line shell
- Oh My Zsh to add nice features to zsh - autocompletions, shortcuts etc.
- tree for visualising directory structure from the Terminal
- Ruby
- Rbenv for managing versions of Ruby
- Bundler for managing Ruby libraries
- Ruby Build for installing Rubies
- Java
- Node.js for JavaScript back-end development, and
- NPM for installing JavaScript packages
- PostgreSQL for storing relational data
- MongoDB for storing non-relational data
- Google Chrome for web browsing and development
- VS Code for text editing
- Slack for team chat
- IntelliJ IDEA CE for Java development
- MongoDB Compass for accessing MongoDB databases from a GUI
- Open Dyslexic for accessibility
Finally, we remap the § key on your Mac's keyboard to the # symbol, which can make commenting Ruby marginally less painful...
It should take less than 15 minutes to install (though this depends on your machine).
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