Laptop

Laptop is an idempotent script to set up a Mac OS X laptop for Rails development.

Requirements

Mac OS X

Install a C compiler:

For Lion (10.7) or Mountain Lion (10.8): use Command Line Tools for XCode.

For Mavericks (10.9): run sudo xcodebuild -license and follow the instructions to accept the XCode agreement. Then run xcode-select --install in your terminal and then click "Install".

For Sierra (10.12): run sudo xcodebuild -license.

Install

Mac OS X

Read, then run the script:

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/attack/laptop/master/mac)

What it sets up

• chruby for managing versions of the Ruby programming language
• Ruby Build for installing Rubies
• Ruby stable for writing general-purpose code
• Bundler gem for managing Ruby libraries
• Homebrew + Cask for managing operating system libraries
• Hub gem for interacting with the GitHub API
• Heroku Config plugin for local ENV variables
• Heroku Toolbelt for interacting with the Heroku API
• Exuberant Ctags for indexing files for vim tab completion
• Postgres for storing relational data
• Redis for storing key-value data
• The Silver Searcher for finding things in files
• Tmux for saving project state and switching between projects
• Qt for headless JavaScript testing via Capybara Webkit
• Tig for an improved git log
• Alfred for application launching
• Caffeine for managing mac sleep
• Google Chrome
• Google Drive
• Textmate
• Gitx for a git GUI
• ItsyCal for a menu bar time + calendar
• Flux
• iTerm2
• vim + MacVim
• ShiftIt for window management
• solarized colour theme for terminal + iTerm
• dotfiles

It should take less than 15 minutes to install (depends on your machine).

Make your own customizations

Put your customizations in ~/.laptop.local. For example, your ~/.laptop.local might look like this:

brew bundle --file=- <<EOF
cask "spotify"
cask "viscosity"
EOF
start_if_needed Viscosity

rubies=( '1.9.3' '2.0.0' )
for local_ruby_version in ${rubies[@]}; do
  fancy_echo "Installing Ruby ${local_ruby_version} ..."
    ruby-install --no-reinstall "ruby-${local_ruby_version}"
    chruby-exec $local_ruby_version gem update --system
    chruby-exec $local_ruby_version gem install bundler --no-document --pre
done

defaults write com.apple.menuextra.battery ShowPercent -string "YES"

less_fancy_echo "Restarting affected apps ..."
  for app in "cfprefsd" "SystemUIServer"; do
    killall "${app}" > /dev/null 2>&1
  done

Credits

thoughbot laptop

License

Laptop is © 2011-2014 thoughtbot, inc. It is free software, and may be redistributed under the terms specified in the LICENSE file.