Setting up Macbook Pro for Development
As I’m building a new startup I’ve been installing several Macbooks and helping engineers on their own setup, of course, we all have our kinks on configuring our machines but there is a base that would be nice to share and keep as standard as possible. Those are my (hopefully sane) defaults.
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Install the Command Line Tools
xcode-select --install
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Install Homebrew
Follow instructions from their site
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Install relevant packages (for a JVM developer)
# Installing OpenJDK 8/11
brew tap AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk
# Fonts
brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts
# Useful software and packages
brew cask install \
adoptopenjdk8 \
adoptopenjdk11 \
docker \
dropbox \
font-source-code-pro \
google-chrome \
google-drive-file-stream \
google-hangouts \
intellij-idea-ce \
iterm2 \
lastpass \
pritunl \
pycharm-ce \
postico \
postman \
ngrok \
qlcolorcode \
qlimagesize \
qlmarkdown \
qlstephen \
quicklook-csv \
quicklook-json \
slack \
spectacle \
spotify \
visual-studio-code \
vlc \
virtualbox \
whatsapp \
zoomus
brew untap AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk
brew untap homebrew/cask-fonts
# cli
brew install \
awscli \
bat \
git \
git-gui \
httpie \
hugo \
imagemagick \
jenv \
jupyter \
jmeter \
kotlin \
kubernetes-helm \
pyenv \
python3 \
jq \
tree \
watch \
wget \
zsh \
zsh-completions
# Sanity checks ;)
brew cleanup
brew doctor
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Configure oh-my-zsh
Check ohmyz.sh:
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
Check available plugins here. Pick your list and add on ~/.zshrc:
plugins=(
aws
docker
git
colorize
helm
httpie
iterm2
)
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Custom Theme
Recently a friend recommended powerlevel9k as a good theme, so I’m giving it a try:
git clone https://github.com/bhilburn/powerlevel9k.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel9k
wget -O ~/Downloads/PowerlineSymbols.otf https://github.com/powerline/powerline/raw/develop/font/PowerlineSymbols.otf
open ~/Downloads/PowerlineSymbols.otf
Install Powerline font
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Updating ~/.zshrc
~/.zshrc
ZSH_THEME="powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k"
# Custom prompt elements
# https://github.com/bhilburn/powerlevel9k#available-prompt-segments
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POWERLEVEL9K_LEFT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(context dir vcs)
POWERLEVEL9K_RIGHT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(root_indicator background_jobs)
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Customizations
It is considered a good practice to keep your customizations out of ~/.zshrc, for that you have ~/.zprofile:
# Compatible with server configs
export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
export LANG="en_US"
export TZ='UTC'
# Setting default JVM to 11
# export JAVA_HOME="$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8)"
export JAVA_HOME="$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 11)"
# Aliases
alias de='cd ~/Desktop'
alias dl='cd ~/Downloads'
alias dr='cd ~/Dropbox/Public'
alias l1='ls -1'
alias ll='ls -la'
alias lh='ls -lah'
alias o='open .'
alias p='cd ~/Projects'
alias s='cd ~/Sandbox'
alias gk='gitk --all 2> /dev/null &'
# Hugo Preview
alias hugop='hugo serve -w -D'
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Visual Studio Code
# Extensions
code --install-extension CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer
code --install-extension mathiasfrohlich.Kotlin
code --install-extension ms-azuretools.vscode-docker
code --install-extension ms-python.python
code --install-extension yzhang.markdown-all-in-one