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Notes to self on how to set up a developer space for myself in MacOS.

This is for setting up a fullstack dev environment for NodeJS, Mongo, and MySQL. Python coming soon!

Applications are deployed to Heroku.

git

0. Open Terminal
1. Enter the git command
2. Prompt will appear to install git
3. If not, refer to https://git-scm.com/.
4. Set up your github credentials using: git config --global user.name "Your Name && git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

Unhide the /Library Folder

0. Run chflags nohidden ~/Library/ in Terminal

ssh

0. Open Terminal
1. Check for any existing SSH keys with ls -la ~/.ssh
2. If you get a No such file or directory then proceed to step 3, otherwise skip ahead to step 4.
3. Create a new SSH key using ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "<YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TIED TO GITHUB>"
4. Ensure the SSH agent is enabled using eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
5. Add your SSH key using ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
6. Now link the SSH key to github at https://github.com/settings/keys.
7. In terminal use pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to get your public key
8. Paste that into Github using the link from step 6.

NodeJS

0. Open Terminal
1. Navigate to https://nodejs.org/en
2. Click to download the latest stable (LTS version) of NodeJS
3. After installation, run node in Terminal to test if it worked
4. Press Ctrl C to exit

Install Global Node Packages

These are some npm packages I use globally via sudo npm install -g

• chai
• firebase-tools
• karma-cli
• mocha
• mysql
• node-debug
• nodemon
• sequelize-cli
• webpack

As an aside, you can view your global packages using npm list -g --depth 0

Homebrew

0. Open Terminal
1. Navigate to http://brew.sh.
2. Copy the command on their website into Terminal and run it
3. Press the Enter key to confirm the download to the default folder
4. Enter the brew command after the download to confirm it worked

Python

Note that Python 2 is usually installed in Mac OS out of the box

0. Open Terminal
1. Check for Python version by typing python

If you have Python 2, and want to keep it that way that's cool

0. Note that you may also want to intall the pip package manager for Python 2 using sudo easy_install pip
1. You can test if it installed and get the version with pip -V

If you want Python 3, then you can install that and pip3 in one shot

0. Assuming Homebrew is installed, enter brew install python3 to get Python 3
1. You can test if Python 3 installed and get the version with python3 -V
2. You can test if pip installed and get the version with pip3 -V

Anaconda (for data science in Python)

You can also use Canopy instead of Anaconda. But I picked Anaconda so I can pick either Python 2 or 3.

Note! If you did all the installations I mentioned in this repo, then you will have 3 Python versions on your Mac. One shy of this guy. This shouldn't be an issue but it's good to be aware of it. I plan on using the Mac and Homebrew verisons for web development and the Anaconda version for Data Science.

Anyway, install Anaconda by doing the following:

0. On the Anaconda website choose either the Python 2 or Python 3 version.
1. I picked the Graphical Installer (green button) for Python 3.6.
2. Follow along with the installer's instructions.
3. Type conda in your command line to ensure the download was successful.
4. You can look into this GitHub Repo to mess with the Pandas library in Python.

Note that Jupyter should come with Anaconda. If not, use their instructions to download it. Using pip or pip3 is the easiest download. Type jupyter in the command line to see if it was installed.

MySQL

0. Open Terminal
1. Use Homebrew to install MySQL using sudo brew install mysql command in Terminal
2. Run the MySQL server after the installation is complete by entering mysql.server start in Terminal
3. Test if the server is working by entering mysql -u root
4. Type \q in Terminal to exit the MySQL CLI

MySQL Workbench

1. Navigate to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench
2. Click to download MySQL Workbench
3. After installation, open the Workbench and click "New Connection" to make a Localhost connection

MongoDB

0. Open Terminal
1. Use Homebrew to install MongoDB using sudo brew install mongodb command in Terminal
2. Configure the MongoDB environment using sudo mkdir -p /data/db/
3. Get read/write permission using sudo chown -R $USER /data/db
4. Test to see if Mongo is working using mongod in Terminal

RoboMongo

1. Navigate to https://robomongo.org/download
2. Click to download RoboMongo
3. After installation, open RoboMongo and click "New Connection" to make a Localhost connection

Sublime Text 3

1. Navigate to https://www.sublimetext.com/3
2. Click to download (no purchase needed)
3. Install the brogrammer syntax highlighting package. In the menu bar click Sublime Text > Preferences > Package Control > Install Package
4. Also install HandlebarsJS and Babel syntax highlighting using the package installer from Step 4
5. Add the subl command to your path using the directions in this repo.
6. Set up other preferences. In the Menu Bar, click Sublime Text > Preferences > Settings. Then, adjust the following properties:

{
  "color_scheme": "Packages/Theme - Brogrammer/brogrammer.tmTheme",
  "font_size": 10,
  "ignored_packages":
  [
    "Vintage"
  ],
  "scroll_past_end": true,
  "tab_size": 2,
  "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true
}

Atom (Instead of Sublime Text)

1. Navigate to https://atom.io/
2. Click to download (it's free)
3. Customization to be continued.

Heroku CLI

1. Navigate to Heroku to review their docs for setting up with NodeJS.
2. Click to install the Heroku CLI for OSX.
3. After installation, run heroku login in Terminal.
4. Finally, enter your Heroku account information and boom. Ready.
5. Refer to their Prepare the app and Deploy the app docs for deployment.

Optional (For Mobile Development)

Install Meteor (Web/Mobile Development Framework)

1. Navigate to https://www.meteor.com/install
2. Use the curl command in Terminal from their website.

Install Android Studio (for Android App Development)

1. Navigate to https://developer.android.com/studio/install.html
2. Click to install
3. Refer to the React Native Docs to set up Andriod to work with React Native.
4. Set the environmental variable in Terminal by typing nano ~/.bash_profile and then pasting in...

export ANDROID_HOME=~/Library/Android/sdk
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools

5. Then, save your changes by typing ctrl+o. Hit return to save. Then exit Nano by typing ctrl+x.

6. Activate your changes in Terminal with source .bash_profile. Refer to this, this, and this for more info.

7. Fire up the Andriod Emulator with andriod avd in Terminal.

Install Android File Transfer

1. Navigate to https://www.android.com/filetransfer/
2. Follow download instructions
3. Use this to copy apps to your device directly

Install Java Development Kit (JDK)

1. Navigate to Oracle and download the OSX version
2. Then open Terminal and input brew install android-sdk (uses Homebrew)
3. After the download, input andriod into Terminal to open the Andriod SDK
4. Refer to the Facebook Docs to determine the SDK Packages to install

Install Maven (for Java Web Development)

1. Open Terminal and run brew install maven (uses Homebrew)
2. Run mvn -v to ensure the download was complete

Install IntelliJ (for Java Web Development)

1. Navigate to Jetbrains IDEA to download the community edition.
2. Leave the default setting during installation.
3. Opening IntelliJ for the first time, you may need to point the Project SDK to your previously downloaded Java 8 JDK. Using the folder selector, your JDK should be located at /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_121.jdk/Contents/Home

Install Xcode (for iOS App Development)

1. Install through the Mac App Store

React Native

1. Note you will follow the next steps only after downloading Xcode for iOS development and/or downloading Andriod with Java for Andriod development
2. In Terminal, run sudo npm install –g react-native-cli
3. Also in Terminal, run sudo npm install -g rninit

Very Optional (Just Because)

Install Wordpress

1. Navigate to https://serverpress.com
2. Click on the Free Download

Install dotnet (for .NET Development)

1. Open Terminal and run brew cask install dotnet (uses Homebrew)
2. Run dotnet --version to ensure the download was complete
3. You may also need to install the dotnet SDK from (here)[https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#macos]
4. Once the SDK is installed, you can try step 2 again.

Install Visual Studio Code (for .NET Development)

1. Visit https://www.visualstudio.com/ for the download
2. Install the C# extension for Visual Studio Code (done within Visual Studio Code extensions)