MacOS Dev Setup

mac-os-dev-setup.md

• Internet Browser: Google Chrome recommended
• OS package manager: Homebrew recommended for Mac OS
• Version Control Systems: Git
• IDE: VS Code recommended
• Container: Docker
• Backend technology: Node.js for API
• Backend technology version control manager: nvm for Node.js
• BE API load testing tool: (K6) recommended
• SSH key generation
• SSH key addition
• Password Manage: Google Password Manager recommended
• Hardware encryption: FileVault recommended for Mac OS

OS developer tools

xcode-select --install

OS Package manager

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

IDE

Example: VS Code

Ref: https://brew.sh/

Version control system

brew install git

Ref: https://git-scm.com/download/mac

Setup SSH keys

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com"

Ref: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent

Backend technologies

Example: Node

• Node.js LTS
• NVM
  • curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.5/install.sh | bash

  • export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")" [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
    

    Ref: NVM offical installation doc

VPN setup

Example: Open VPN