I recently switched to a brand new MacBook Pro to use for personal use. I use my laptop as my development machine. The following is steps I took to setup my development environment.

Configure Computer

Setting up computer name

The default computer name is setup something like Arul’s MacBook Pro which is not useful for my purpose. I change the computer name to single word that is easier to use.

    sudo scutil  --set HostName “arulmbp”
    sudo scutil  --set LocalHostName "arulmbp"
    sudo scutil  --set ComputerName “arulmbp"

Configure Encryption

Enable encryption of the hard drive in system preferences.

Java

• type javac on the command line in Mac
• Follow the instructions from the dialog that opens up

Xcode

Install Xcode from App Store.

• Xcode -> Preferences
  • Add Account
  • Download Components

Brew - The missing package manager for Mac

The first thing I install on Mac is brew, the package manager for Mac. Installing brew is using by following the steps in brew.sh

Git

brew install git
ssh-keygen
pbcopy < id_rsa.pub

Once the ssh key is generated, install it in all git repository services

• github.com
• gitlab.com
• bitbucket.com

Installing iTerm2

iTerm2 is command shell which is a great command shell replacement to the default. Once iTerm2 is installed, I configure the application as follows

• Preferences->Profiles->text
  • Change Text font to 20 Point Monaco
  • Use Different font for non-ascii text
  • Change the Text font to 20 Point Monaco
• Change Theme
  • Download SpaceGray Colour Scheme from iTerm Website
  • Preferences->Profiles->Colors
    • Import SpaceGray color scheme and switch to that scheme.

Content Restore

I use various cloud storage platform to backup my content. Need to set them up and sync to get my contents to new device

• Mail
  • Configure mail accounts
  • change Fonts in Mail to 14 Points Font
• Evernote
  • Install Evernote from Appstore
  • Login to Evernote Account
  • Sync Notes
  • Change Preferences to show Notebook List
  • Change Preferences to Show Tags List
• OneNote
  • Install OneNote from AppStore
  • sync notes
• OneDrive
  • Signin to account
  • Sync only Select folders
    • Books
    • Reading
• Dropbox
  • Install Dropbox client
  • Signin to account
• Google Drive
  • Signin to gmail account
  • Sync Drive

Installing Jetbrains products

I used Jetbrains products and have all their products license. I install all the jet brains products

• Products

  • Jetbrains Toolbox
  • Intellij Idea
  • Gogland IDE
  • PyCharm
  • Appcode
  • Phpstorm
  • WebStorm
  • Clion
  • Rubymine
  • DataGrip
  • Rider

• Customization

  • Change the Theme to Darcula
  • Editor->Colours and Fonts -> Font
  • Save scheme as ARULDARK
  • Change Font Size to 20
  • Change Console Font to Size 20

Game Development Environment

I do hobbyist game development and use the following products for my development

• Unity3D
• Blender
• Gimp
• Audacity
• Epics Game Launcher

Addition Brew Packages

In my development machine, I install the following additional brew packages by running

 brew install <package>

• rbenv
• pyenv
• peen-virtualenv
• go
• redis
• mercurial
• mysql
• postgres
• brew tap homebrew/science
• cask install xquartz
• r
• cask install rstudio
• youtube-dl
• libel
• cask install atom
• cask install macdown
• ansible
• brew tap homebrew/homebrew.php
• php71
• composer
• composer global require “laravel/installer”
• awscli
• cask install mysqlworkbench
• watchman
• brew tap dart-lang/dart
• dart
• yarn
• elixir
• cask install virtual box
• cask install vagrant
• cask install vagrant-manager
• cmake
• boost
• cask install calibre
  • Install github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools calibre plugin
• cask install Reactotron
• Node
  • Follow instructions at johnpapa.net/how-to-use-npm-global-without-..
  • brew install nvm

Additional Applications

Install the following applications in the computer

• Android Studio
• Kindle
• ClearView
• Xamarin Studio
• Skype
• Sublime Text 3
• Google Chrome
• Slack
  • Change the Zoom level to 110% in accessibility
• DbVisualizer (SQL Tool)
• Install Postman
  • getpostman.com/apps
• yED
  • yworks.com/products/yed/download
• kid3 (mp3 tagging software)
• Visual Studio for Mac
• WhatsApp Application
• xmind pro
• KeePassx
  • Database in one drive
• Firefox
  • Install Adobe Flash player
  • Flash player download add-on for Firefox
• Balamiq Mockups
  • License file in one drive