Opinionated instructions for setting up a laptop for development at Carbon Five. Not intended to be run wholesale; read, interpret, tweak (maybe), then run piece by piece.

steps.sh

# Opinionated instructions for setting up a laptop for development at Carbon Five.
# Not intended to be run wholesale; read, interpret, tweak (maybe), then run piece by piece.
#
# Tested against Yosemite 10.10.

#--------------------------------------
# Install Homebrew.

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

# You'll have to provide your password during installation. You should say 'install' when
# prompted to install the xcode command line tools.

# Note: Depending on your shell, the following instructions may need to be tweaked. These
# steps assume zsh with oh-my-zsh. Adjust accoridngly for your preferred shell.

# Make sure brew is happy.
brew doctor

# Make sure /usr/local/bin is early in your $PATH (should be by default on Yosemite).
echo $PATH

#--------------------------------------
# Install oh-my-zsh (https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh).

curl -L http://install.ohmyz.sh | sh

# Enable a small set of common plugins.
sed -i '' 's/plugins=.*/plugins=(brew git rbenv gem rake bundler node npm heroku postgres redis-cli)/' ~/.zshrc

#--------------------------------------
# Install general development tools.

brew install openssl git zsh wrk siege ngrok wget phantomjs imagemagick optipng heroku-toolbelt

which git    # Double check: /usr/local/bin/git

#--------------------------------------
# Install development packages for ruby.

cat > ~/.gemrc <<BLOCK
install: --no-rdoc --no-ri
update: --no-rdoc --no-ri
BLOCK

brew install ruby-build rbenv rbenv-gem-rehash rbenv-default-gems

cat >> ~/.zshrc <<BLOCK

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

source ~/.zshenv

# Default gems are automatically installed when a new ruby is installed.
cat > ~/.rbenv/default-gems <<BLOCK
hub
lunchy
gemcutter
wirble
awesome_print
bundler
mailcatcher
BLOCK

# Install the latest ruby and make it the default (2.1.4 is latest at the time of writing).
rbenv install 2.1.4
rbenv global 2.1.4

ruby -v    # Double check: 2.1.4

#--------------------------------------
# Install development packages for node.js.

brew install node

#--------------------------------------
# Install typical databases and services.

brew install postgresql redis mongodb

# Follow the instuctions for starting these services when you login (e.g. ln -s ..., launchctl ...).
# It's nice to have common services up and running so that you don't have to start/stop them as you
# switch between projects.

# Create a default superuser for postgresql as a convention. Makes spinning up new projects easier
# by eliminating an extra step.
createuser -s postgres