Discussion on: Setup a new mac (for devs [and others]) 💻

[Eljay-Adobe]

My own checklist:

• Unbox, plug-in, and boot new Mac
• Setup network (WiFi, probably)
• Install macOS updates
• Install App store updates
• Install Xcode
• Install Brew
• Install Vim using Brew
• Install MacVim using Brew
• Install boost, calc, clang-format, coreutils, dmd, doctest, dub, elm, elm-format, fdupes, findutils, gcc, gdb, git, ghc, go, icu4c, ldc, llvm, ncurses, pcre, pcre2, python (whatever the latest is... 3.9 today), range-v3, ripgrep, and sqlite using Brew
• vi ~/.vimrc and add some of my favorite environment settings
• vi ~/.bash_profile and add some of my favorite aliases and functions

Ready! (I'm still using Bash. I've started using Zsh, but I'm a Zsh noob.)

[David Cantrell]

I too stick with bash, because I can't go installing zsh on the machines I use at work. I'd rather have one environment to work in than two different ones. Plus I've already got loads of bash shell customisations and porting them to work on zsh as well would be a pain.

[Dekel]

I get it. Too bad you can't install zsh (with oh-my-zsh) at work.

[Doug Elkin]

bash-it is a pretty good shameless ripoff of oh-my-zsh

[Dekel]

zsh is great, and the themes/plugins give you so much. I really recommend checking them!