Local Setup w/ Homebrew

Brew Documentation

Setting up for local dev is sometimes a PIA, but Homebrew makes it SOOO much easier! My go-to answer for whenever someone asks why Mac? As I move to computer to computer, I will cherish my favorite moving buddies: Git (my go-to version control), Homebrew, and NPM. Homebrew? More like Homeboy…

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Install Homebrew

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Brew Installs

Python related

• brew install nginx
• brew install python
• brew install anaconda

Adjust path to use Python 3 instead of Python 2

• Link
• Edit ~/.zshrc
• Add export PATH="/usr/local/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"
• Restart terminal or use source ~/.zshrc to reload your shell environment
• Then you will be able to run jupyter notebook or python and you will be using the Anaconda distribution

Java Stuff : handle JDK + JRE

• brew tap adoptopenjdk/openjdk
• brew cask install adoptopenjdk8
• brew install jenv : Manager for diff Java versions
• brew install tomcat: Install Tomcat Server
• brew install maven: Install Maven
• brew cask install dynamodb-local : Use Dynamo locally
• brew cask install gradle
• brew cask install intellij-idea-ce

SDKMan to the rescue

• Easy install of Java and Gradle versions

Then you can install Leiningen, b/c Clojure has dependency on Java

• brew install leiningen

Install Docker

• brew cask install docker
• Installs Docker Desktop app
• Start Docker app and follow the same routine as if you installed the Mac .dmg from Docker: Reference

Node Installation

• Use curl command from NVM link