bootstrap.md

Bootstrap a Mac for UI work

Your user needs sudo privileges.

1. Install Xcode from app store and start

2. Download and install Xcode CLI tools from preferences

3. Install zsh and oh-my-zsh

   chsh -s /bin/zsh [username]
   curl -L https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/raw/master/tools/install.sh | sh
   

4. Install homebrew

   ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
   

5. Install macvim node using homebrew

   brew install macvim node
   

6. Test node: node --version

7. Install npm:

   curl https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
   

8. Generate ssh-keys, I recommend you use a password and let keychain manage it for you: ssh-keygen

9. Upload ssh public key to your github account

10. Install dropbox - good place to keep config files like .vimrc and .gitconfig

11. setup your .gitconfig, user at the very least

12. Install compass - needed for sass - sudo gem install compass

13. Install httpie - better curl

    sudo easy_install pip
    sudo pip install httpie
    

14. Install yeoman, coffee-script, jsonlint, uglify-js and bower

    npm install -g yo grunt-cli coffee-script jsonlint uglify-js bower
    

15. Install generators:

    npm install generator-webapp
    

16. Test yeoman install: yo webapp

17. Test generated project: grunt server