I do software development on my Mac, mostly web application development with Ruby on Rails. Code is stored on either GitHub or BitBucket.

Dependencies

Everything below depends on having these installed.

  • Homebrew
  • Xcode and Command Line Tools (starts automatically)
  • Git (I installed with Homebrew brew install git)
  • Run sudo xcodebuild -license and agree to the terms

Ruby

I use rbenv and ruby-build to manage multiple versions of ruby.

  • Install rbenv (git clone)
  • Install ruby-build (git clone)
  • Install rbenv-bundler (git clone)
  • rbenv install 2.0.0-p353

dotfiles

My configuration files and installation scripts are stored publicly on GitHub in my dotfiles project. I keep my work and personal source code in a directory called ~/Projects.

  • mkdir ~/Projects
  • brew install macvim
  • Clone dotfiles repository, and run various installation rake tasks. (rake dotfiles), install Homebrew formulas manually or with the rake task, install npm packages, install OS X defaults (rake os_x_defaults)

OS X apps

Download these .dmg files. Some may be available through the OS X App Store.

  • Google Chrome
  • Vimium in Chrome web store
  • iTerm2
  • Alfred
  • Dropbox (sign-in, start syncing data)
  • GitX (open and choose File > Enable Terminal Usage)
  • Google Hangouts plugin for Chrome
  • Install Adobe Source Code Pro font, configure iTerm2 to use it
  • Install Chrome Markdown Preview extension
  • Jing for screencasts
  • Install LibreOffice (or MS Office)
  • Skype

OS X App Store

  • Install Cloud App (for linking to screenshots)

OS X system preferences

  • in keyboard, change caps lock to control (for vim)
  • enable tap to click on trackpad
  • Under Accessibility, check “use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom”. (hold control and zoom with mouse scroll)

Databases and caching

  • brew install mysql
  • brew install postgres
  • brew install redis
  • brew install memcached

Vim

  • install vundle (git clone)
  • Open vim and run :BundleInstall (vundle)

Misc

  • Generate SSH keys and add public key to GitHub, BitBucket
  • brew install tmux
  • brew install python
  • Install Java JRE or JDK

What else is part of your workflow? Please leave a comment.