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Pimp my dev box (Friday Training at Itnig)
The document provides a guide by Víctor Martínez on enhancing development environments on macOS, focusing on customizing the terminal, configuring Git, and improving desktop productivity. Key recommendations include using a dark theme, installing a better package manager, switching to Zsh shell, and employing applications like Quicksilver for efficiency. It emphasizes mastering Git commands and maintaining organization to boost developer productivity.
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- 1. Pimp my devbox Víctor Martínez @knoopx http://github.com/knoopx http://knoopx.net
- 2. I'm sorry, areyou from the past?
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- 4. First of all,get a dark theme Your eyes will thank you at the end of the day Solarized (My own) http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized https://github.com/knoopx/knoopx.terminal
- 5. Then, please, geta (good) package manager
- 6. Replace Apple's bundledBSD* tools with the GNU ones they are far more powerful $ brew install findutils ack grep bash gcc (...)! (*) Only some of them are really BSD, but Apple usually ships dinosaur-aged GNU software with their OS.
- 7. Install some othercool software brew install wget colordiff rmtrash unrar (...) ● wget: downloads files from the internets ● unrar: unpacks files from the internets ● colordiff: get colorful differences between files ● rmtrash: send files to OSX trash instead of deleting them ...and make them your defaults alias diff=colordiff alias find=gfind alias rm=rmtrash
- 8. Replace BASH witha modern shell fish ZSH
- 9. I choose ZSH,what do I get? $ brew install zsh ● colors, rainbows and unicorns ● unified history between tabs ● tab tab tab! out of the box autocompletions for almost everything ● keyboard navigable completion lists ● powerful globbing and expansions ● syntax highlighting ● plays well with floating point calculations ● (many more! STFW!) ZSH is essentially an enhanced experience of everything you already know from BASH
- 10. Don't fall intothe configuration madness Use an existing community-maintained package of zsh configurations: ● oh-my-zsh ● zsh-lovers ● zsh-users
- 11. Keep your settingsunder version control like all the other cool kids around
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- 13. Use __git_ps1 fromgit/contrib do not reinvent the wheel
- 14. Send pull-reqs fromthe terminal $ git co awesome-feature $ git pull-req # $EDITOR opens asking you for PR title/msg $ subl ~/bin/git-pull-req
- 15. Do the housecleaning once a week Prune stale remote-tracking branches $ git remote prune origin Delete already merged branches $ git branch -d `git branch --merged | grep -v * | xargs` Do everything at once $ git branch-cleanup $ cat ~/bin/git-branch-cleanup git remote prune origin && git branch -d `git branch --merged | grep -v * | xargs`
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- 17. Automate conflict resolution $subl ~/.gitattributes $ subl ~/.gitconfig
- 18. Use GitX The onlyuseful GIT GUI Lets you visualize
- 19. Use GitX The onlyuseful GIT GUI Review, stage and commit
- 20. Use GitX The onlyuseful GIT GUI $ git diff master | gitx Friendlier diffs
- 21. Use GitX Don't belame, do everything else from the command line. Mastering GIT will make unstoppable. $ git rebase -i HEAD~5 ✕ ✔ $ git reset --hard origin/master $ git merge --no-ff awesome-feature $ git checkout -b features/new-one
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- 23. Apply developer-friendly OSXsettings These fancy Apple features makes you waste time http://mths.be/osx
- 24. Use an applicationlauncher or better yet, use Quicksilver http://qsapp.com/ Alternatives: Spotlight, Alfred.app, Launchbar
- 25. What can Ido with Quicksilver? Launch/switch applications Play some music
- 26. What can Ido with Quicksilver? Browse your clipboard history Move files
- 27. What can Ido with Quicksilver? Quickly jump right into your project folder
- 28. What can Ido with Quicksilver? Unlimited possibilities! Master it!
- 29. Manage your windowswith the keyboard Never, ever, use Use spectacle.app instead these buttons http://spectacleapp.com/
- 30. Master the keyboardshortcuts Hotkey EVE http://hotkeyeve.github.com/eve/ Cheatsheet http://www.cheatsheetapp.com/CheatSheet/
- 31. Now you area little more productive Thanks for watching