%title: iTerm and So Can You %author: Ustice (Jason Kleinberg) %date: 2016-09-16
-> Who am I? <-
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-> Jason Kleinberg. -> Web developer here at Mobquity.
-> I use my terminal every day...
-> To run my code...
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$ node app
Hello World
-> To install packages...
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$ npm install lodash
/repos/iterm-and-so-can-you └── lodash@4.15.0
-> To get system information...
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$ ipconfig getifaddr en0
10.227.2.92
-> And more.
-> Terminal shells have been around as long as Unix (early 1970s), ^ -> and they're largely unchanged, ^ -> but that doesn't mean that they are static.
-> This is my prompt. -> (There are many like it, but this one is mine...)
⎋
-> Not what you expected, eh? 😎
-> I have customized my prompt with Oh My Zsh and PowerLevel9k.
-> Your terminal is feature-packed, and fully customizable.
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-> It's a collection of little tools and utilities that you can mix and match to -> make your life as a developer easier.
-> And I want to share with you a few little gems that I have found/created.
-> Aliases are the easiest way to start. Is there a command that you type a lot? ^ -> Wish it took fewer keystrokes? ^ -> Alias it! ^
$ alias gs="git status --short"
$ gs
M README.md D logo.txt M start
-> Need something a little more complex? ^ -> Functions and scripts have you covered. ^
gpf (git push feature)
#!/bin/zsh
BRANCH=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD --short)
git push -u origin HEAD:${BRANCH}
hub browse
-> This pushes the current branch to origin, updates the tracking branch, and
-> opens the GitHub page in the browser.
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function standup(){
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
mdless $NOTES -P
elif [ "$1" == "list" ]; then
mdless $NOTES -lP --no-color | grep "^ \S" --color=never
else
mdless $NOTES -s $1 -P
fi
}
More on this in a bit...
-> imgcat
-> Show images inline in the terminal (inlcuded with iTerm2)
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-> With it, I created a little utility to retrieve a weather radar, and give me weather information, right in my terminal. ^
alias weather="curl -sS http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/Loop/southeast_loop.gif | imgcat && ansiweather"
-> jq
-> jq is a JSON processor
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-> With it, I created a little utility to get the dependencies of a project. ^
#!/bin/zsh
PROJECT_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
cat "${PROJECT_ROOT}/package.json" | jq .dependencies
-> mdless
-> mdless is a Markdown viewer for the terminal.
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-> With it, I have created a To Do list that works across projects. ^
function standup(){
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
mdless $NOTES -P
elif [ "$1" == "list" ]; then
mdless $NOTES -lP --no-color | grep "^ \S" --color=never
else
mdless $NOTES -s $1 -P
fi
}
-> I'm not an expert at this stuff. ^
-> And this is just a tiny glimpse into the power of your terminal. ^
-> There are people here that are way more advanced than me, -> but I hope that this has at least inspired you to take a second look at what -> you can do in your shell.
-> Want to see how I did all of this?
-> Got an idea on how to make it better? Send me a pull request!