setup

Things you do when you get a new computer.

1: Setup Chrome

Download and run installer.
Create a profile with your company email address.

2: Setup VSCode

3: Setup SSH access to Github

Follow instructions, making sure to:

generate the key files in the ~/.ssh folder, using the -f github_{username} flag.
use a passphrase when generating the key files.
- you will need to type this again in a moment
setup keychain options in code ~/.ssh/config
save your passphrase in the keychain per the instructions.
get invited to your employer's github org.

4: Setup oh-my-zsh

Follow install instructions
Pick a theme that shows your current git branch
- default works ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"

5: Setup Nodejs

Download and install nvm

Comment out code added to the bottom of .zshrc

# commented to allow zsh plugins to manage
# export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
# [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
# [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion

add nvm to oh-my-zsh plugins
- plugins=(git nvm)
make sure to enable lazy load for better shell startup time (near top of ~/.zshrc).
- zstyle ':omz:plugins:nvm' lazy true
install a Nodejs version
- nvm install --lts
upgrade npm version (if desired)
- npm install -g npm@latest

6: Setup brew

Download and run Brew installer.

follow prompts

==> Next steps:
- Run these two commands in your terminal to add Homebrew to your PATH:
    echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/johngrant/.zprofile
    eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

7: Setup git

make sure Mac Command Line Tools are installed by running git --version
- if CLT not installed, install them.
make sure git is listed as one of the plugins in .zshrc
- plugins=(git ...)

use brew to update git

git --version
which git
brew install git
which git
git --version

configure global default profile

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "Your@email"

configure repo-specific profile (if desired)

git config --local user.name "Your Name"
git config --local user.email "Your@email"

setup VSCode as the default git tool

execute git config --global -e
paste the following into the editor and save

  [core]
      editor = code --wait
  [diff]
      tool = vscode
  [difftool "vscode"]
      cmd = code --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE
  [merge]
      tool = vscode
  [mergetool "vscode"]
      cmd = code --wait $MERGED

8: Setup AWS CLI

Download and run installer for AWS CLI

# all system users
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.pkg" -o "AWSCLIV2.pkg"
sudo installer -pkg AWSCLIV2.pkg -target /

add aws to oh-my-zsh plugins
- plugins=(git nvm aws)

Download and run installers for SAM CLI, or simply:

brew tap aws/tap
brew install aws-sam-cli
sam --version

Obtain your employer's AWS SSO URL.
Follow instructions to configure profile credentials.
- aws configure sso

9: Setup jq

brew install jq

10: Setup Hashicorp's tools

run install command

brew tap hashicorp/tap
brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform
npm install --global cdktf-cli@latest

11: Setup Docker

Download and run installer.

12: Setup Android Development Tools

Download and install Android Studio
Follow insane procedure to setup ARM image for emulators
select a device that supports the play store

13: Setup Act (Github Action emulator)

brew install act
echo "--container-architecture linux/amd64" >> ~/.actrc

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