Development Environment Setup

General Setup

• Browsers

  • Chrome
  • MS Edge
  • Firefox

• IDEs

  • Atom
  • Visual Studio Code

• Version Control

  • Source Tree

    • https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/

  • Git

    • https://git-scm.com/

  • GitHub Desktop

    • https://desktop.github.com/

• Other Tools

  • Docker

    • https://www.docker.com/
    • https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-mac/

  • Fiddler

  • Nodepad++

  • Postman

JavaScript / Web

• NVM

  • https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
  • NodeJS
  • NVM for Windows

Java

• Java 8 (JRE and JDK)

  • Setting $JAVA_HOME environment variable: https://mkyong.com/java/how-to-set-java_home-environment-variable-on-mac-os-x/

  • Add the following to .bash_profile

    • export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
    • Check that JAVA_HOME is set: echo $JAVA_HOME
    • Check Java version: java -version
    • Check that a JDK is installed: javac -version

• Maven

  • https://maven.apache.org/install.html

  • https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi

  • Add the following to .bash_profile so the maven reference is persisted on the PATH

    • export PATH=$PATH:/Users/jcornwell/apache-maven-3.6.3/bin
    • Check that Maven is installed: mvn -v

• Gradle

  • https://gradle.org/install/

  • Add the following to .bash_profile so the gradle reference is persisted on the PATH

    • export PATH=$PATH:/opt/gradle/gradle-6.2.2/bin
    • Check that Gradle is installed: gradle -v

• Kubernetes

  • How to install on Mac

    • https://matthewpalmer.net/kubernetes-app-developer/articles/how-to-run-local-kubernetes-docker-for-mac.html#:~:text=Click%20the%20Docker%20menu%20bar,will%20start%20the%20Kubernetes%20cluster.

  • https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/