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Install atom

https://atom.io/

Install Chrome

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html

Install Slack

  • Search for Slack in the apple app store
  • If you are using Slack in Chrome, install this extension to help with desktop notifications

Install a Window Manager

Choose 1:

Install iterm2

https://www.iterm2.com/

Install Homebrew

Visit https://brew.sh/ and copy/paste the command in your terminal.

(To open the terminal, press CMD+SPACE and search for iterm2)

Install git

Run this command in terminal:

brew install git

Before running the following commands, replace YOUR FULL NAME and YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS with the name and email from your GitHub account.

git config --global user.name 'YOUR FULL NAME'

git config --global user.email 'YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS'

Github SSH

Add SSH key to your github account:

https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/

https://help.github.com/articles/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account/

Install Node

Run this command in terminal:

brew install node

Login to Learn

Make sure you can login to https://learn.galvanize.com

(Login with Github)


Extra

Install zsh and ohmyzsh

brew install zsh zsh-completions

  • Set zsh as your default terminal: chsh -s $(which zsh)
  • Install Oh My Zsh

Change caps lock to ctrl

System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys -> Change 'Caps Lock' to '^ Control'

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MovingTheCtrlKey#toc13

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