Tools For Interactive Software Development

tools.md

Mac OS X Dev Setup

System Tools

• iTerm: A better Terminal.
• zsh: An even better Terminal.
• Homebrew: Package manager.
• git: Source control.
• rvm: Ruby.
• python: Python.
• mamp: For managing localhost.

Coding

• XCode: Because somehow, you always need xcode
• Command Line Tools for XCode: Extra tooling
• IntelliJ: Powerhouse IDE for as3, haxe, CoffeeScript, Clojure, ...
• Sublime: Text-Editor.
• Charles: Web-debugging proxy.
• Creative Suite: Asset manipulation.

Apps

• Sparrow: Decent email client.
• Chrome: For googling and running release Flash Player
• Firefox: For running debug Flash Player (with CacheToggle).
• 1Password: Password Management
• Omnigraffle: For diagrams

Services

• dropbox: Cloud data storage.

Utilities

• fnable: Function keys / Mac keys toggling.
• iStat Menus: Performance monitoring.
• caffeine: Prevent your Mac from sleeping
• growl: Notifications for Mac
• cinch: Window management for Mac

AS3 SDKs and Libraries

• Flex SDK: For AS3 projects
• FlexUnit: For TDDing AS3 projects
• Hamcrest-AS3: For more readable assertions in FlexUnit
• RobotLegs: The de-facto standard in AS3 MVC

HaXe SDKs and Libraries

• haXe: For haXe projects
• haxelib install munit

Ruby Gems

• gem install bundler
• gem install buildr-as3
• gem install buildr-hx --pre
• gem install cucumber

Git Setup

• git config --global user.name "[name]"
• git config --global user.email [email]
• git config --global color.diff auto
• git config --global color.status auto
• git config --global color.branch auto
• git config --global core.editor "subl -w"