Setup

These are notes for setting up a new computer.

Browsers

Install

• Google Chrome (https://www.google.com/chrome)
• Firefox (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox)
• Opera (https://www.opera.com/)

GitHub

• copy dot.gitconfig to ~/.gitconfig
• copy dot.gitexcludes to ~/.gitexcludes
• Set up SSH key (https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent)
• Add ssh key to GitHub account (https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account)

System Setup

• Add touchid to /etc/pam.d/sudo (https://www.imore.com/how-use-sudo-your-mac-touch-id)
• Map capslock to ctrl in System Prefs/keyboard (https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Map_caps_lock_to_escape_in_macOS)

Homebrew

• Install homebrew (https://brew.sh/)
• brew install git
• brew install git-flow-avh
• brew install caddy
• brew install graphicsmagick
• brew cask install rectangle
• brew install tokei

Node

• Install NVM (https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)
• Set global defaults for npm init -- see script in \npm (https://codeburst.io/setting-global-npm-defaults-for-quick-starting-new-projects-ed06ed22edb3)

Python

• brew install pyenv
• pyenv install 3.8.1
• pyenv global 3.8.1
• enable pyenv in .zshrc

if command -v pyenv 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
  eval "$(pyenv init -)"
fi

• pip install -U pip
• python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pynvim

NeoVIM

• brew install neovim
• set up aliases in .zshrc

alias  vi=nvim
alias vim=nvim
export EDITOR=nvim

• copy dot.config-nvim-init.vim to ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
• unzip dot.vim.tar to ~/.vim
• copy dot.vim-vimrc to ~/.vim/vimrc
• vi
• :checkhealth