Dotfiles and development environment setup instructions

Installing packages

1. Install Kitty Terminal via: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/

curl -L https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/installer.sh | sh /dev/stdin

2. Install Homebrew via: https://brew.sh/

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

3. Install Oh-My-ZSH via: https://ohmyz.sh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

4. Install Ruby via: https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv

brew install rbenv ruby-build

rbenv init and follow instructions.

Part of the instructions is placing this line of code in your .zshrc file eval "$(rbenv init - zsh)"

Close your terminal and re-open and run:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv-installer/raw/main/bin/rbenv-doctor | bash

Install a Ruby version with:

rbenv install 3.1.2 (latest release or your preference)

5. Intall NPM via: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/README.md#usage

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash

nvm install node

Restart terminal and:

nvm use node

Confirm you are using the latest version of Node and NPM

node -v && npm -v

Update Node:

nvm install node --reinstall-packages-from=node

Change version:

Here's how to switch to another version and use it.

nvm install xx.xx

nvm use xx.xx

And to set the default:

nvm alias default xx.xx

Fonts

In my config file for Kitty terminal I have it set to use JetBrains Mono. Download and install the font from here: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/

Link symbolically configuration files to your user folder

At the root of your user folder (/Users/yourusername in macOS)

git clone this repo to the root of your user directory...

It should create a directory called dotfiles

From your root without cd'ing into the newly cloned dotfiles directory run:

.dotfiles/script/macos/brew.sh

This will install some apps and packages such as neovim, lua, tmux, and more. Feel free to look in the file and add/remove as you please.

Then to link the config files for some of the packages, run:

./dotfiles/scripts/install.sh

Other resources and tips

resource: https://marioyepes.com/neovim-ide-with-lua-for-web-development/ This article has some tips to optimize NeoVim to be used with PHP and other neat general features.

resource: https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts#option-4-homebrew-fonts The macos/brew.sh taps homebrew/cask-fonts. Now all you need to do is brew install a font of your choice to get icons to work (because you need a patched font). You'd run something like: brew install --cask font-jetbrains-mono-nerd-font. It should be a Nerd Font because they are patched and can render icons. (https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts)

Generating an SSH key: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent