My Workstation PC/Mac Setup (Essential Tools for OSX and Windows)

!Workstation.md

Programs / Tools

Download the latest version of the following (click each for more details).

1. Browser: Chrome & Firefox
2. OS Package Manager: Chocolatey for Windows / HomeBrew for OSX
3. NodeJS
4. Bash/Git Setup:
   • CMDer
   • Github Desktop
   • KDiff3
5. Sublime Text 3
6. Photoshop
7. Google Drive
8. Download Manager: Mass Downloader for Windows / ???? for OSX
9. WinRAR for Windows / Unarchiver for OSX
10. Unlocker for Windows
11. Hex Editor: HxD for Windows
12. Packages to install using the package manager (choco/brew)

Installation / Configuration Details

Node

npm install -g gulp-cli browser-sync bower
npm install -g yo generator-fountain-webapp
npm install -g typescript typings
npm install -g less less-plugin-clean-css less-plugin-autoprefix svgo
npm install -g surge echo-server json-server xo
npm install -g mongodb bson
npm install -g forever nodemon pm2

CMDer

1. Add git (C:\cmder\vendor\git-for-windows\cmd\git.exe) to your system's Path (Environment Variable)
2. Open CMDer → Settings (Win+Alt+P) → Keys & Macro → Change Ctrl+` to Win+` (Conflicts with Sublime's Open Console Command)

Git

    git config --global user.name "John Doe"
    git config --global user.email john.doe@gmail.com
    git config --global core.autocrlf false
    git config --global core.editor "...."
    git config --global http.https://gitlab.com.proxy http://user:pass@us.mybestport.com:443

KDiff3

    git config --global merge.tool kdiff3
    git config --global mergetool.kdiff3.cmd "\"C:\\Program Files\\KDiff3\\kdiff3\" $BASE $LOCAL $REMOTE -o $MERGED"

Sublime

1. Install PackageControl
2. Install these packages:
   • SideBarEnhancements, Missing Palette Commands, SendCode
   • JsFormat, HTML-CSS-JS Pretify, JSONLint
   • LESS, nginx, ApacheConf, VBDotNet
   • Emmet, CSS Extended Completions, jQuery, Bootstrap 3 Snipperts
   • Git, Simple FTP Deploy, GitGutter, BracketHighlighter
   • Text Pastry, StringUtilities
3. Add the following configs

Preferences → Key Bindings - User

[
	{ "keys": ["ctrl+alt+shift+p"], "command": "prompt_select_workspace" },
	{ "keys": ["ctrl+e"], "command": "update_as_you_type" },
]

Preferences → Package Settings → Emmet → Settings - User

{
	"disabled_keymap_actions": "update_as_you_type, update_image_size"
	// disabled these to bring back ctrl+u and ctrl+shift+u (soft redo & undo)
	// instead:
	// for update_as_you_type use ctrl+e (redundant of tab : expand_abbreviation) - (see user keybindings)
	// for update_image_size use command pallete
}

HxD

Extras → Options → check: Add HxD to Explorer...

Packages

choco install -y LinkShellExtension
choco install -y jq

choco install -y nmap
choco install -y whois

choco install -y openssh
choco install -y mongodb
choco install -y redis

choco install -y python
choco install -y node
choco install -y nvm
choco install -y php
choco install -y composer