Installation instructions for web developers, specific to the Star Tribune stack

README.md

Star Tribune web dev tools installation

Must-haves

Xcode

Includes tools needed to compile software

Via the Mac App Store

Note: An Apple developer account is required.

1. Open Xcode
2. Agree to license
3. Open preferences
4. Downloads tab
5. Download/install "Command Line Tools"

homebrew

Package manager for OS X. Helpful for installing other software

su schaullocaladmin        # User with admin privileges
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"

# From regular account:
brew doctor

# Fix any issues. To fix mine, I ran:
su schaullocaladmin
sudo chown -R schauka /usr/local

git

Version control

brew install git

git config --global user.name 'YOUR NAME'
git config --global user.email 'YOUR@EMAIL.com'
git config --global push.default matching

# If you want to use Sublime Text to edit your commit messages:
ln -s /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl /usr/local/bin/subl
git config --global core.editor 'subl -w'

I recommend using ssh authentication. Here's how to set that up

node

JavaScript without a browser

brew install node

grunt

Project-level tasks for repetitive things

npm install -g grunt-cli

homebrew-php

Useful for previewing projects with Star Tribune includes

brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew tap josegonzalez/homebrew-php
brew install php54

csvkit

Command-line tools for manipulating/exploring .csv files

sudo pip install csvkit

VirtualBox

Test your code in different environments

Via .pkg installer

ievms

Test in IE6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 using VirtualBox

Note: This downloads ~15GB of files.

curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | bash

Might be nice for future projects

gdal

Geospatial data library, command-line tools

brew install gdal

qgis

GIS system

Requires GDAL Complete

Via .pkg installer

pip

Python package manager

su schaullocaladmin        # User with admin privileges
sudo easy_install pip

virtualenvwrapper

Project-level python package scope

su schaullocaladmin        # User with admin privileges
sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper

Personal choices

macvim

Best text editor

brew install macvim

janus

Helpful mods to vim

curl -Lo- https://bit.ly/janus-bootstrap | bash

Google Chrome

Browser

Via .dmg installer

Markdown Preview

Preview .md files

Via Chrome Web Store Be sure to "Allow access to file URLs" in the settings

Dropbox

File syncing service

Via .dmg installer

LibreOffice

Open source office applications

Via .dmg installer