Talus

Talus is a bash script to automate download & setup your Mac OS X development environment. The idea is to automate the tedious work of setting up a brand new Mac or start a fresh install of a recent formatted one, with special care of web development tools and configurations.

Talus base installs

• Homebrew
• Cask
• Oh my zsh
• tmux, vim
• OS X tools

Basic packages:

• wget
• curl
• ffmpeg
• node
• nginx
• ruby
• mysql
• postgre
• redis
• heroku-toolbelt
• nvm

Common apps (customize if needed):

• dropbox
• vlc
• vox
• the-unarchiver
• slack
• telegram
• rambox

Apps for development:

• iterm2
• VSCode
• sublime-text
• macdown
• firefox
• google-chrome
• hyper
• sequel-pro

Fixes some OSX annoyances:

• Save to disk (not to iCloud) by default
• Disable press-and-hold for keys in favor of a key repeat
• Fast keyboard repeat rate

Misc:

• Link Sublime Text command line

Quicklook helpers: (see Quicklook plugins)

• qlcolorcode
• qlstephen
• qlmarkdown
• quicklook-json
• qlprettypatch
• quicklook-csv
• betterzipql
• qlimagesize
• webpquicklook
• suspicious-package

In a separate bash script, there's some useful global npm modules:

Specific npm global modules for webdev:

• npm-check-updates
• Webpack
• Express
• docker
• m-cli
• react-cli
• angular-cli
• vue-cli

Use

Open terminal.app and clone this repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/juanbrujo/Talus.git && cd Talus

Make the files executable (they already should be, but just in case):

$ chmod a+x start.sh && chmod a+x webdev.sh

Run each or both of them:

$ ./start.sh

$ ./webdev.sh

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Go get a cold beer or take a nap. You'll have at least 15 minutes of setup and files being downloaded (depending of your internet connection).

Maybe you'll be prompted for root password.

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Localhost

The file localhost.sh helps to configure a localhost environment for MacOSX El Capitan and upper versions. To use it, same as the other ones:

$ chmod a+x localhost.sh

$ ./localhost.sh

Maybe you'll be prompted for root password.

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Why Talus ?

Talus, an "iron man" who mechanically helps Arthegall dispense justice in The Faerie Queene the epic poem by Edmund Spenser published in 1590

Wikipedia

Credits

The script is based in:

• bootstrap-osx-devel-enviroment
• Hacker's Guide to Setting up Your Mac
• OSX for Hackers: Yosemite/Mavericks Edition
• Robot character by RoboHash