Developer Setup

Recommended setup for Node.js Developer on Mac

• Git
• SSH
• Hombrew
• Atom
• Node.js
• PM2
• Bower
• Gulp
• MongoDB
• MongoHub
• Redis
• Ruby
• Postman
• VirtualBox

##Git

Configure git

git config --global user.name "Your Name Here"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Verify Github.com SSH key fingerprints when pushing to Github for first time

These are GitHub's public key fingerprints (in hexadecimal format):

16:27:ac:a5:76:28:2d:36:63:1b:56:4d:eb:df:a6:48 (RSA)
ad:1c:08:a4:40:e3:6f:9c:f5:66:26:5d:4b:33:5d:8c (DSA)

These are the SHA256 hashes shown in OpenSSH 6.8 and newer (in base64 format):

SHA256:nThbg6kXUpJWGl7E1IGOCspRomTxdCARLviKw6E5SY8 (RSA)
SHA256:br9IjFspm1vxR3iA35FWE+4VTyz1hYVLIE2t1/CeyWQ (DSA)

Add git branch name to Terminal

nano ~/.bash_profile

Add following

parse_git_branch() {
     git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
}
export PS1="\u@\h \[\033[32m\]\w\[\033[33m\]\$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\] $ "

Explanatio of above Regular Expression

• \u@\h [\033[32m] - user, host name and its displaying color
• \w[\033[33m] - current working directory and its displaying color
• $(parse_git_branch)[\033[00m] - git branch name and its displaying color

##SSH

To generate new key, paste following command in Terminal. Make sure to add a passphrase.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

Add your SSH key to ssh-agent so you do not have to keep retyping your passphrase when you use your SSH key.

First check if ssh-agent is running

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

Add your SSH key to ssh-agent

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

##Homebrew Hombrew is the missing package manager for OSX.

To install, enter the following command in Terminal.

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

##Atom

Get Atom editor here

##Node.js

Install Node.js using NVM.

brew update
brew install nvm
mkdir ~/.nvm
nano ~/.bash_profile

In your .bash_profile file, add the following:

export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh

activate nvm

source ~/.bash_profile
echo $NVM_DIR

To download, compile, and install the latest v6.x.x release of node, do this:

nvm install 6

to show current node version

node --version

You will have to npm install -g your global dependencies for each version.

Switch of node version like so

nvm use 0.10

To show node versions currently installed with nvm

nvm ls

##PM2 PM2 is a production process manager for Node.js applications with a built-in load balancer. PM2 gives you an accessible and comprehensive toolkit to deploy and manage your Node.js applications in a production environment.

To install pm2

npm install pm2 -g

##Bower

Install bower globally

npm install -g bower

To install packages and save to bower.json

bower install <package> --save

To uninstall unused packages

bower prune

To update bower package

bower update <name> [<name> ..] [<options>]

update options

• -F, --force-latest: Force latest version on conflict
• -S, --save: Update dependencies in bower.json
• -D, --save-dev: Update devDependencies in bower.json

##Gulp

Gulp is a popular, streaming build system. You will want to install Gulp globally

npm install --global gulp-cli

If you have an old version of Gulp already installed then you will need to uninstall it before continuing npm rm --global gulp

When using Gulp in your projects, make sure to all install Gulp as a dev-dependency

npm init
npm install --save-dev gulp

##MongoDB

Use homebrew to install MongoDB.

brew update
brew install mongodb

This will install MongoDB in /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/

MongoDB configuration file should be located here /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf

MongoDB logs will be here /usr/local/var/log/mongodb/mongo.log

And default db path will be here /usr/local/var/mongodb

You can run MongoDB process manually like so.

mongod --config /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf

Its best to have the MongoDB process run in the background and persist reboots.

//Start mongod process on session start after reboot
ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mongodb/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents

//Start MongoDB in background and keep it running
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist

##MongoHub

Get MongoHub here

##Redis

Install redis using homebrew

brew update
brew install redis

Default redis configuration file will be located here /usr/local/etc/redis.conf

You can start redis process like so

redis-server /usr/local/etc/redis.conf

Its best to have the redis process run in the background and persist reboots.

ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/redis/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.redis.plist

##Ruby

Install a Ruby version manager

brew update
brew install rbenv ruby-build

Add rbenv to bash so it loads when you open Terminal

echo 'if which rbenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(rbenv init -)"; fi' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile

Install Ruby

rbenv install 2.3.1
rbenv global 2.3.1
ruby -v

Install Ruby bundler

gem install bundler

##Postman

Get postman here

##VirtualBox

Get VirtualBox here