Run the command below to install command line tools for Xcode.
xcode-select –install
Homebrew is one of the most popular package manage for MacOS. It is written in Ruby Programming Language by Max Howell. To install Homebrew, copy and paste the following command in terminal, hit “Enter” and follow the steps.
/usr/bin/ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)”
To run brew on your terminal, you need to add its path to .bash_profile or .zshrc depending on the shell you are using.
echo ‘export PATH=”/usr/local/bin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.bash_profile
To verify, if it is install successfully, run the following command.
brew doctor
iTerm2 is an open source replacement for Apple’s Terminal. It’s highly customizable and comes with a lot of useful features.
brew cask install iterm2
Oh-My-Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your ZSH configuration.
Install zsh
brew install zsh zsh-completions
Install oh-my-zsh
sh -c “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)”
If you are into web development, it would be a good idea to have the different browsers. It comes handy whenever required.
Install Google Chrome
brew cask install google-chrome
Install Firefox
brew cask install firefox
Code Editors – Sublime and Atom are amongst the popular and widely used editors.
brew cask install sublime
brew cask install atom
brew install wget –with-iri
The Node Ecosystem
NodeJS
brew install node
MongoDB
brew install mongodb
brew services start mongodb
PHP Ecosystem
brew install composer
brew install php71
brew link php@7.1 –force
brew install mysql
brew cask install postman
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