Going Mac – Part 1

Part of documenting my transition to web dev on Mac is to record what needs to be set up  & configured. Should things ever go awry, this post could be a shortcut to getting back to a work-ready state.

Apps etc installed

The following needed to be installed manually.

• Xcode – via AppStore
• PHPStorm
• VirtualBox
• Vagrant
• GitKraken

The following were installed via the commands in the next section.

• Homebrew & Cask
• iTerm2
• Node.js
• Gulp
• Gimp

Other tasks

Show hidden files. Apparently this needs the command line!

Commands run

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

brew update
brew upgrade

brew tap homebrew/dupes 
brew tap homebrew/versions 
brew tap homebrew/homebrew-php 
brew tap caskroom/fonts 
brew tap caskroom/cask 
brew install node
npm install --global gulp-cli 

brew unlink php70
brew install php71

brew install git-flow-avh
brew cask install font-fira-code
brew cask install iterm2
brew cask install gimp

sudo xcodebuild -license

Other changes

• Installed FiraCode font.
• Installed iTerm2 colorscheme “JetBrains Darcula“
• Install PHPStorm plugins
  • Laravel Plugin
  • .ignore
  • .env

References

https://developerjack.com/blog/2016/08/26/Installing-PHP71-with-homebrew/