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Table of Contents

Intro
- Description
- Prerequisites
Get started
Base dev env
Hints

Intro

Description

Contains dotfile configurations and scripts, used to setup my local base dev env.

Note	This setup is tailored to my own needs, so use at your own risk.

Prerequisites

MacOS
Home brew

Get started

Git clone this repo and cd into it

git clone [email protected]:polster/dotfiles.git $HOME/dotfiles

Run the following commands:

# Install packages
brew bundle

# Install oh-my-zsh
make package-install-zsh

# Install sdkman
make package-install-sdkman

# Install dotfiles
make dotfiles-install

Base dev env

Checkout the following instructions, depending on your needs:

Java base env

Hints

Command line tools

Starting from scratch, or even after a MacOS version upgrade, it may happen that tools like git require installing the command line tools. This to be done easily with the following command:

xcode-select --install

VSCode extensions

To manage extensions in VSCode, the following commands are available:

# Install extensions
make vscode-extensions-install

# Dump from existing setup
make vscode-extensions-dump

Switching between apps like on Windows

For those folks missing the way how to ALT-Tab between applications like on Windows, there is a tool for that :-)

Installed automatically with this setup, comes alt-tab. Once started, just hit Option+Tab.

Advanced window manager

Especially new people to MacOS are not comfortable with the OS functionality application windows can be arranged and resized. Also here, there is a tool for that: rectangle

Installed automatically with this setup, check their user documentation how to use it in detail.

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