
Setting up a new developer machine can be an ad-hoc, manual, and time-consuming process. dev-setup aims to simplify the process with easy-to-understand instructions and dotfiles/scripts to automate the setup of the following:
dev-setup is geared to be more of an organized reference of various developer tools.
You're not meant to install everything.
If you're interested in automation, dev-setup provides a customizable setup script. There's really no one-size-fits-all solution for developers so you're encouraged to make tweaks to suit your needs.
Credits: This repo builds on the awesome work from Mathias Bynens and Nicolas Hery.
Vagrant and Docker are great tools and are set up by this repo. I've found that Vagrant works well to ensure dev matches up with test and production tiers. I've only started playing around with Docker for side projects and it looks very promising. However, for Mac users, Docker and Vagrant both rely on virtual machines, which have their own considerations/pros/cons.
Boxen is a cool solution, although some might find it better geared towards "more mature companies or devops teams". I've seen some discussions of difficulties as it is using Puppet under the hood.
This repo takes a more light-weight approach to automation using a combination of Homebrew, Homebrew Cask, and shell scripts to do basic system setup. It also provides easy-to understand instructions for installation, configuration, and usage for each developer app or tool.

Scripts tested on OS X 10.10 Yosemite and 10.11 El Capitan.
~$ git clone https://github.com/donnemartin/dev-setup.git && cd dev-setup
Since you probably don't want to install every section, the .dots script supports command line arguments to run only specified sections. Simply pass in the scripts that you want to install. Below are some examples.
For more customization, you can clone or fork the repo and tweak the .dots script and its associated components to suit your needs.
Run all:
$ ./.dots all
Run bootstrap.sh, osxprep.sh, brew.sh, and osx.sh:
$ ./.dots bootstrap osxprep brew osx
Run bootstrap.sh, osxprep.sh, brew.sh, and osx.sh, pydata.sh, aws.sh, and datastores.sh:
$ ./.dots bootstrap osxprep brew osx pydata aws datastores
$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/donnemartin/dev-setup/master/.dots && ./.dots [Add ARGS Here]
~Notes:
.dots will initially prompt you to enter your password..dots might ask you to re-enter your password at certain stages of the installation..dots again to resume where you left off..dots runs brew.sh, which takes awhile to complete as some formulae need to be installed from source..dots completes, be sure to restart your computer for all updates to take effect.I encourage you to read through Section 1 so you have a better idea of what each installation script does. The following discussions describe in greater detail what is executed when running the .dots script.

The bootstrap.sh script will sync the dev-setup repo to your local home directory. This will include customizations for Vim, bash, curl, git, tab completion, aliases, a number of utility functions, etc. Section 2 of this repo describes some of the customizations.
First, fork or clone the repo. The bootstrap.sh script will pull in the latest version and copy the files to your home folder ~:
$ source bootstrap.sh
To update later on, just run that command again.
Alternatively, to update while avoiding the confirmation prompt:
$ set -- -f; source bootstrap.sh
To sync dev-setup to your local home directory without Git, run the following:
$ cd ~; curl -#L https://github.com/donnemartin/dev-setup/tarball/master | tar -xzv --strip-components 1 --exclude={README.md,bootstrap.sh,LICENSE}
To update later on, just run that command again.
If ~/.path exists, it will be sourced along with the other files before any feature testing (such as detecting which version of ls is being used takes place.
Here’s an example ~/.path file that adds /usr/local/bin to the $PATH:
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
If ~/.extra exists, it will be sourced along with the other files. You can use this to add a few custom commands without the need to fork this entire repository, or to add commands you don’t want to commit to a public repository.
My ~/.extra looks something like this:
# Git credentials
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Donne Martin"
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
git config --global user.name "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="donne.martin@gmail.com"
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
git config --global user.email "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
# Pip should only run if there is a virtualenv currently activated
export PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV=true
# Install or upgrade a global package
# Usage: gpip install –upgrade pip setuptools virtualenv
gpip(){
PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV="" pip "$@"
}
You could also use ~/.extra to override settings, functions, and aliases from the dev-setup repository, although it’s probably better to fork the dev-setup repository.

Run the osxprep.sh script:
$ ./osxprep.sh
osxprep.sh will first install all updates. If a restart is required, simply run the script again. Once all updates are installed, osxprep.sh will then Install Xcode Command Line Tools.
If you want to go the manual route, you can also install all updates by running "App Store", selecting the "Updates" icon, then updating both the OS and installed apps.
An important dependency before many tools such as Homebrew can work is the Command Line Tools for Xcode. These include compilers like gcc that will allow you to build from source.
If you are running OS X 10.9 Mavericks or later, then you can install the Xcode Command Line Tools directly from the command line with:
$ xcode-select --install
Note: the osxprep.sh script executes this command.
Running the command above will display a dialog where you can either: * Install Xcode and the command line tools * Install the command line tools only * Cancel the install
If you're running 10.8 or older, you'll need to go to http://developer.apple.com/downloads, and sign in with your Apple ID (the same one you use for iTunes and app purchases). Unfortunately, you're greeted by a rather annoying questionnaire. All questions are required, so feel free to answer at random.
Once you reach the downloads page, search for "command line tools", and download the latest Command Line Tools (OS X Mountain Lion) for Xcode. Open the .dmg file once it's done downloading, and double-click on the .mpkg installer to launch the installation. When it's done, you can unmount the disk in Finder.

When setting up a new Mac, you may want to install Homebrew, a package manager that simplifies installing and updating applications or libraries.
Some of the apps installed by the brew.sh script include: Chrome, Firefox, Sublime Text, Atom, Dropbox, Evernote, Skype, Slack, Alfred, VirtualBox, Vagrant, Docker, etc. **For a full listing of installed formulae and apps, refer to the commented brew.sh source file directly a
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$ claude mcp add dev-setup \
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