Setup OSX Dev Environment

This documents outlines the initial steps I take to setup my OSX based system for web development. This setup should provide the underlying systems needed to be able to develop OSX. This setup should work for platforms like Laravel, Angular, Vue, MediaWiki, etc...

Homebrew Setup

Install xcode

xcode-select --install

Install homebrew

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Essential Homebrew packages

Bash

Install Bash

brew install bash

Set new Bash as default shell

sudo su
echo /usr/local/bin/bash >> /etc/shells
exit
chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash

Restart terminal to switch to the new batch and verify that you are on version ^4.*.*

bash --verison

VIM

Install Vim

brew install vim

Bash Completion

Install bash completion

brew install bash-completion

Add the following lines to your ~/.bash_profile:

[ -f /usr/local/etc/bash_completion ] && . /usr/local/etc/bash_completion

Git

Install Git

brew install git

Configure git

git config --global color.ui true
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Create ssh key

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"

Add public keys to Github ect..

pbcopy <~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

PHP

Install php 7

brew install php
brew install [email protected]

Add php as service

sudo brew services start php71

Force OSX to use php 7.1

vi ~/.bash_profile

Add the following:

# Load php 7.1
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/sbin:$PATH"

Additional php utilties

brew install pcre
brew install composer
brew install php-code-sniffer

(note: you will need to install or build additional php extension depending on your project. Ex: memcached, redis, mcrypt, etc.)

NGINX

Install nginx

brew install nginx

Add nginx as service as sudo for port 80 or 443 access

sudo brew service start nginx

Node

Install nvm

brew install nvm

Create nvm working dir

mkdir ~/.nvm

Add the following to ~/.bash_profile

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
  . "/usr/local/opt/nvm/nvm.sh"

Install the latest node and npm

nvm install node

Dns Masq

install dnsmasq

brew install dnsmasq

Configure dns

mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/
echo "address=/.gamepedia.local/127.0.0.1" >> /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf
sudo mkdir -p /etc/resolver
sudo sh -c 'echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > /etc/resolver/gamepedia.local'

Start dns service

sudo brew services start dnsmasq

Test dnsmasq setup

Run scutil to check resolver

scutil --dns

Should see a resolver for app

...
resolver #8
  domain   : gamepedia.local
  nameserver[0] : 127.0.0.1
  flags    : Request A records, Request AAAA records
  reach    : Reachable, Local Address, Directly Reachable Address

Ping and .app domain

ping -c 1 test.gamepedia.local

Should see a successful ping

PING test.app (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.033 ms

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