Everything I install and set up on a new MacBook as a web developer

1

Rectangle

I was a Spectacle user for years, but I recently switched to using Rectangle for window management. Rectangle has a few more options than Spectacle; I’m still getting used to it but I have no strong feelings either way.

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2

Vanilla

If I’m recording a full screen capture for videos, I like to hide the app icons at the top of the screen. I use Vanilla for this.

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3

iTerm2

I’ve tried other new and fancy terminals, but iTerm2 does the job. I use the Fira Code font (with ligatures enabled), and the Dracula colour palette.

#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 111 social mentions

4

VS Code

I use VS Code. It’s free and built on open source. I use the Settings Sync feature which means that all my themes and plugins are managed in the cloud, so I don’t need to maintain an up-to-date list.

#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1137 social mentions

5

GitHub CLI

Two CLI tools I install right away are the GitHub CLI (via brew) and the Netlify CLI (via npm).

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6

Homebrew

I try to install as much as possible using Homebrew. The first packages I install when setting up a new machine are node and nvm. I also brew install lolcat, which lets me do this:.

#Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 917 social mentions

In 2023 I’ve been using Arc browser. It’s built on Chromium so it can use all the Chrome store extensions. Essential browser extensions for me are:.

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