Setting up a MAC as a developer

This is partially self-serving as I’ve recently had to setup my new iMAC w/ 5k Retina, and also because as a mentor I’m frequently asked to help other developers get “setup” and I’ve yet to setup an aggregated list of things to install/setup. So, here is that list.

Software (Free)

• Vagrant
• Virtualbox
• Chef DevKit
• SublimeText3 (suggested $60 license, but not required)
• Google Chrome
  • Postman
  • Colorpicker
  • Cookies
  • JSONView
  • XML Tree
• MAC OSX Applications
  • Memory Monitor
  • Wireless Signal
  • Disk Diag
  • Harvest
  • Evernote
  • iTerm2
  • xcode

Software (Paid)

1. jetBrains phpStorm
2. Postbox

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Install Homebrew & Packages

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install wget 
brew install colordiff 
brew install tig 
brew install macvim
brew install gnupg

Install RVM

gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3
curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

Install Composer

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Install WP CLI

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
chmod +x wp-cli.phar
sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp

Install Drush

export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"
composer global require drush/drush

Install Ansible via PIP

sudo easy_install pip
sudo pip install ansible

Install Vagrant Plugins

vagrant plugin install ansible
vagrant plugin install landrush