minamarkham / formation

💻 macOS setup script for front-end development

👋🏾 Hi, I'm Mina!

I specialize in CSS architecture & design systems. Based in Oakland. Currently @ Slack.

const mina = {
  pronouns: "she" | "her",
  code: ["Javascript", "Typescript", "HTML", "CSS", "PHP"],
  frameworks: ["React", "Redux"],
  tools: ["Git", "Jest", "Docker"],
  architecture: ["css", "design systems"],
};

formation's Issues

Quick Question

Hi There!

I love the script and am adapting a version for myself but I was trying to figure out why the script uninstalls brew-cask. I am sorry to bug you about this and I apologize if an issue is not the correct way to reach out.
Link to the start of the uninstalling:

formation/slay

Line 131 in e337cfe

if brew list | grep -Fq brew-cask; then

Thanks!

Failed at Dropbox check

Trying this out and everything was going well until it got to Dropbox.

As I already have that installed I expected it to skip, but it failed at that point with this error in the log.
`ESC(BESC[m [↓] Installing dropbox Error: It seems there is already an App at '/Applications/Dropbox.app'.

 Formation failed `

Any ideas?

`brew cask cleanup` has been deprecated

brew cask cleanup has been deprecated and causes a breaking error. It has since just been rolled up into brew cleanup.

NVM install errors on new machine

Thank you so much for putting this together! I was wondering if this is safe for running on a fresh machine. First, always skips the NVM install, thinking it's already installed. If I switch the check to mimic the MAS install (placing the skip message after the if statement and moving the install steps after the else statement), it works. Also, should regular dotfiles like .bash_profile be created or cloned and synced first? When this is run on a fresh machine, the NVM install step errors when trying to add the path.

Encountered an error with `sh` install

Hi Mina!
First of all, thank you so much for this wonderful tool! I think you just saved me hours.

I had a problem installing, following the readme instructions. When I switched incidences of sh to bash everything worked as expected. Not sure if its user error on my part. I'm on a brand new MacBook Pro and using Hyper as the terminal.

Thanks! 🐝

cask is no longer a brew command

Need to update brew cask install to brew install --cask

Homebrew/discussions#902

(Question) extending / configuring

This looks like a great tool for setting up new developer machines, and I really want to start using it myself.

How would you recommend I use formation within a team setting? I'd like to be able to customise the apps to be installed, and maybe extend with some different types of installation applicable to my team members.

I could fork this repo and just customise there, but would prefer not to diverge from this repo!

I've seen the example customisation script, but as that's initially written to the user's home directory, it could be tricky to keep that synced between team members.

Ideally I'd like to start a private repo with scripts which reference formation, and simply extend with our own functionality.

I don't know if anyone else has tried something like this, but I'd appreciate any guidance or discussion anyone might have to offer!

Dr Cleaner Pro Plus removed?

I noticed the link in the README to https://www.drcleaner.com/ isn't working (503 error), and a bit of research makes it look like perhaps this app is removed from the app store for spying on users? I am not sure if the Dr Cleaner Pro Plus from the formation scripts is the same as the one mentioned in this article, so I might be incorrect: https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/09/additional-mac-app-store-apps-caught-stealing-and-uploading-browser-history/. I haven't yet tried running slay to confirm that it is not there, though.