Install macvim
The only source control I love, at this point. The commands seem to be easier and more friendly to work with. I went with Homebrew at the suggestion of several people and it’s been quite nice in comparison to Macports. I’ve used Macports in the past and it was… usable. Linux has the wonder packages managers, and OSX has a few options, too. It works out well – only requires one menu option to launch all of the core services of a project. Joey has also talked about setting up window groups to auto-start the various components of a project. I’ve already talked about my terminal prompt.
For now, though, Terminal handles my needs quite nicely. I’ll probably get around to that eventually. I’m using the standard Bash shell at this point, though a number of people have told me I need to try out ZSH. TerminalĪt the root of it all is the OSX Terminal. Here’s what I’ve settled on, so far, creating an awesome development experience – far better than any IDE I’ve ever used. You don’t have to be a OSX user to take advantage of them, but it certainly seems to be easy if you are. Most of these tools are available to other platforms, too. I’ve thrown in a few of my own tools based on all the things I’m doing and my own personal experience, too. In that time, I’ve been very fortunate to have Joey Beninghove guide me through the torrent of options and possibilities for building web apps in OSX.
#Install macvim pro
It has been almost a month since I ventured out into contracting and took up OSX on a Macbook Pro as my primary operating system. Web Development Stack In OSX 9 December, 2010.