MacOs Development Environment Setup

Welcome to the comprehensive guide for setting up your MacOS for a seamless development experience. This repository contains all the necessary steps and scripts to get your environment ready, whether you're setting up a new machine or reconfiguring an existing one.

Getting Started

This setup guide will walk you through the installation of Homebrew, Oh My Zsh, and a suite of essential developer applications.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have admin access to your Mac to perform these installations.

Installing Homebrew

Homebrew is a package manager for macOS that simplifies the installation of software.

To install Homebrew, open your terminal and run:

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

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Installing Oh My Zsh

Oh My Zsh is an open-source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration.

Install Oh My Zsh using Homebrew with the following command:

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

Installing Applications with Homebrew

With the apps.txt file, you can batch install all essential apps for development.

Save your apps list in apps.txt in the root of this repository.
Navigate to the directory containing apps.txt in your terminal.
Run the command:

xargs brew install < apps.txt

Automation Script

For convenience, an automation script setup.sh is included in this repository. This script will install Homebrew, Oh My Zsh, and all applications listed in your apps.txt.

To run the setup script, execute the following commands:

chmod +x setup.sh
./setup.sh

Customization

Feel free to customize apps.txt and setup.sh according to your preference.

Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please file an issue in this repository.

Thank you for using this Mac Development Environment Setup guide. Happy coding!

Credits

This setup guide was created by [@fernandofatech]. I've compiled the steps and scripts that I find essential for a smooth and efficient developer workflow on macOS.

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open-source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make to evolve this setup guide are greatly appreciated.

If you have suggestions for improving this guide, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement".

Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

Fork the Project
Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
Open a Pull Request

Happy coding!

@fenandofatech

fernandofatech/setup-macos-developer