development-setup

Installation overview:

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• Oh My Zsh
• Xcode and Command Line Tools
• Homebrew
• Node (version manager) and/or asdf (multiple runtime version management)

Show hidden files

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles true
killall Finder

Install Oh My Zsh

Docs: https://ohmyz.sh/

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Install Xcode and Command Line Tools

• App store: search for "Xcode"
• Apple documentation website.

Install Command Line Tools:

# Already installed?
xcode-select --version

# If not, install:
xcode-select --install

Install Homebrew

Awesome package manager for macOS. Docs: https://brew.sh/

# Install
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

# Restart the terminal. Successful? Following command should print a version number.
brew --version

# 'doctor' command helps with potential macOS issues
brew doctor

Install Node (with Node version manager) 💕

Docs: nvm, is a node version manager for node.js, which will save us a lot of version troubles in the future. ✨

Pre-check for latest install script.

# Install
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh | bash

# Restart the terminal. Successful? Following command should print a version number.
nvm --version

# macOS 10.15.x and above have the Z Shell (zsh) as default, so nvm source lines should be present in zsh config file `~/.zshrc`, search for the NVM_DIR export: `export NVM_DIR`

# List, install latest node LTS version and set it as default:
nvm ls-remote

# Install v12.16.1, for example:
nvm install 12.16.1

# Use it:
nvm use 12.16.1

# Set it as default
nvm alias default 12.16.1

# node and npm version check
node --version && npm --version

# Will print
v12.16.1
6.13.4

Install asdf (multiple runtime version management)

Docs: https://asdf-vm.com/