OS X Lion from scratch

os_x_dev_bootstrap.md

Mani's OS X (Mountain) Lion dev machine bootstrap guide:

Preliminary

• Software Update

Utilities

• Alfred (app store)
• 1Password (app store) sync passwords

Development Tools

• TextMate 2

• Command Line tools for XCode https://developer.apple.com/downloads/

• Rename system binaries to be replaced by homebrew versions:

  • sudo mv /bin/zsh /bin/zsh.apple
  • sudo mv /usr/bin/git /usr/bin/git.apple

• homebrew https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation packages:

  • brew install zsh git ruby-build rbenv-gemset ack
    • zsh
    • git
    • ruby-build
    • rbenv-gemset
    • ack

• install rbenv via git:

  • https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv#installation

Shell and environment

• oh-my-zsh https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh

• Create a modular ~/.zshrc

  source "$HOME/.oh-my-zshrc"
  source "$HOME/.rbenvrc"
  
  export EDITOR="/usr/local/bin/mate -w"

• Create ~/.oh-my-zshrc and paste settings for oh-my-zsh from the template

• Create ~/.rbenvrc and paste in the init code:

  export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"
  eval "$(rbenv init -)"

• add /usr/local/bin/zsh to /etc/shells

• use System Preferences to change shell to /usr/local/bin/zsh

  • Go to Users & Groups
  • Click the lock and enter your password
  • Ctrl-Click on your user and choose Advanced Options...
  • Paste /usr/local/bin/zsh into Login shell

• install dotfiles, custom zsh helpers + themes

  • ~/.gemrc

    install: --no-rdoc --no-ri
    update: --no-rdoc --no-ri
    

  • ~/.tm_properties

    tabSize = 2
    softTabs = true
    
    # https://github.com/elia/avian-missing.tmbundle#strip-trailing-whitespace-on-save
    TM_STRIP_WHITESPACE_ON_SAVE = true
    

  • ~/.gitconfig

    [color]
      ui = auto # covers diff = true, status = auto, branch = auto
      interactive = auto
    [alias]
      st = status
      co = checkout
    [user]
      name = ...
      email = ...
    [push]
      default = simple
    

Fancy extras

• Fancy IRB

  • awesome_print
  • ~/.irbrc

• Textmate

  • Install shell support : Preferences->Terminal->Install

  • Show hidden files in project drawer

    • Go to Preferences->Projects
    • Set Exclude files matching: to

      {*.{o,pyc},Icon\r,CVS,_darcs,_MTN,\{arch\},blib,*~.nib,.DS_Store,.git}
      

    • Set Include files matching: to

      {*,.tm_properties,.htaccess,.*}
      

  • textmate bundles:

    • ~/Library/Application\ Support/Avian/Bundles
    • https://github.com/elia/avian-missing.tmbundle#installation
    • edit callback to callback.document.will-save for normal behavior

  • Cucumber + Rspec (Disable ^↓ shortcut in OS X System Prefs)

    $ git clone git://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-tmbundle.git Cucumber.tmbundle
    $ git clone git://github.com/rspec/rspec-tmbundle.git RSpec.tmbundle
    

• Fix forward-delete in Terminal:

  1. Go to Terminal's Preferences->Settings Tab->Keyboard Subtab
  2. Double-click 'forward delete' and press Ctrl-Opt-D (\004 should be entered in the field)