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New Laptop: The Setup

Essentials

First, download and install:

XCode Command Line Tools

While that's happening, download:

iTerm2

Optional, useful tool for monitoring CPU, bandwidth, memory, etc.:

iStat Menus

iTerm

With iTerm, set triple-click to select wrapped lines:

Preferences / Pointer / Triple-click selects full wrapped lines

Make more room on-screen by turning this off:

Preferenes / Appearance / Panes / Show per-pane title bar with split panes

Typeface

UPDATE: my new favourite monospaced typeface:

Monoid

and set that as the default font in all my editors.

My old favourite monospaced typeface:

Source Code Pro

Editor

Install Atom Editor:

Atom

Install some packages using apm:

apm install Sublime-Style-Column-Selection atom-cli-diff auto-indent busy-signal elixir-pry escape-utils file-icons git-blame git-status html2haml intentions language-csv language-diff language-docker language-dotenv language-elixir language-gitignore language-javascript-jsx language-slim language-vue linter linter-elixir-credo linter-sass-lint linter-ui-default open-in-browser pigments recent-projects ruby-block-converter sort-lines suranyami-light-syntax suranyami-light-ui text-manipulation
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Unix libraries

Install homebrew:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
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Install unix libs:

brew update
brew install gpg2 git openssl tmux imagemagick postgres redis git-flow pgcli direnv zsh ssh-copy-id openssl nmap coreutils automake autoconf openssl libyaml readline libxslt libtool unixodbc fop wxmac
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SSH

Generate an SSH key:

ssh-keygen
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Install the handy-dandy ssh-copy-id utility:

brew install ssh-copy-id
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ZSH

Recently, RVM has been complaining about specific versions of ZSH, so now we have HomeBrew installed, install the latest version of ZSH:

brew install zsh
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Set this version as the correct version of ZSH:

sudo vim /etc/shells
# add the following line into the very end of the file(/etc/shells)
/usr/local/bin/zsh
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Change default shell:

chsh -s /usr/local/bin/zsh
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Now install oh-my-zsh:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
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development directory

Create my local development directory:

mkdir ~/development
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Ruby and RVM

Install RVM:

\curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash
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Fix any potential SSL certificate nonsense related to RVM:

brew uninstall openssl
brew uninstall --force openssl
brew install openssl
rvm osx-ssl-certs update all
brew link openssl --force
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You can test that it worked by trying the following:

gem install eventmachine -v '1.0.8'
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Install a Ruby:

rvm install 2.6
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Dotfiles

Install my dotfiles:

git clone git@github.com:suranyami/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles
bundle
./install.rb
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Apps

Install SourceTree for enhanced Git visualization:

SourceTree

Don't use the Mac App Store version of Slack, download it directly: Slack

Java

Go here, click "Accept License Agreement" and download and run the latest Java SDK.

Virtual Box

Go here

Other tools

Install Node.js

Install nmap so I can do things like find my Raspberry Pi on the network:

brew install nmap
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ASDF

As per install instructions for asdf here: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf

git clone https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf.git ~/.asdf --branch v0.6.0
echo -e '\nautoload -Uz compinit && compinit' >> ~/.zshrc
echo -e '\n. $HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh' >> ~/.zshrc
echo -e '\n. $HOME/.asdf/completions/asdf.bash' >> ~/.zshrc
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Install unix libs ASDF requires to build stuff:

brew install coreutils automake autoconf openssl libyaml readline libxslt libtool unixodbc
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Install unix libs needed by Elixir and Erlang:

brew install fop wxmac
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Install Erlang and Elixir:

asdf plugin-add erlang
asdf plugin-add elixir
asdf install erlang 21.3
asdf install elixir 1.8.1
asdf global erlang 21.3
asdf global elixir 1.8.1
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macOS

Disable the caps-lock key in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys

Postgres

To make the postgres role:

createuser -s postgres
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Foreman 

brew install foreman
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