Laptop

Laptop is a script to set up a macOS or Linux laptop for backend and site reliability engineering work at One2N. We expect you to run the Linux of Mac scripts in your first week of joining One2N. Various useful tools (we are opinionated) are installed as part of these scripts.

It can be run multiple times on the same machine safely. It installs, upgrades, or skips packages based on what is already installed on the machine.

Requirements

We support:

• macOS Monterey (12.3) on Apple Silicon and Intel

Older versions may work but aren't regularly tested. Bug reports for older versions are welcome.

Install

Download the script:

curl --remote-name https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thoughtbot/laptop/main/mac

Review the script (avoid running scripts you haven't read!):

less mac

Execute the downloaded script:

sh mac 2>&1 | tee ~/laptop.log

Optionally, review the log:

less ~/laptop.log

Optionally, install thoughtbot/dotfiles.

Debugging

Your last Laptop run will be saved to ~/laptop.log. Read through it to see if you can debug the issue yourself. If not, copy the lines where the script failed into a new GitHub Issue for us. Or, attach the whole log file as an attachment.

In case some package already exists (e.g. google-chrome), and the script fails due to some error like

Error: It seems there is already an App at '/Applications/Google Chrome.app'.

use the -f (or --force) option and run that command again. In this case, run brew install --cask google-chrome --force. This should reinstall Chrome properly. Once done, you can run the main script again.

What it sets up

macOS tools:

• Homebrew for managing operating system libraries.

Unix tools:

• Git for version control
• OpenSSL for Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Zsh as your shell

GitHub tools:

• GitHub CLI for interacting with the GitHub API

IDEs:

• Intellij community edition for JVM languages designed to maximize developer productivity.
• Visual studio code a free-editor that helps the programmer write code, helps in debugging and corrects the code using the intelli-sense method.
• Sublime text is Sublime Text is a shareware cross-platform source code editor.
• Vim Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient.

Browsers:

• Google Chrome is an cross-platform web browser developed by Google.
• Firefox is an extensible free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla corp.

Markdown:

• Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
• Macdown is an open source Markdown editor for MacOS.

Slack:

• Slack is a messaging program designed specifically for the office.

• Notion is a project management and note-taking software.

Zoom:

• Zoom is a video conferencing platform.

Google Drive:

• Google Drive backup to Google Photos, and access all of your content directly from your Mac.

Lastpass:

• lastpass for password management.

Maccy:

• Maccy for Clipboard management.

Libreoffice:

• Libreoffice is a free and open-source office productivity software suite.

Postman:

• Postman for testing API.

Table Plus:

• Table Plus for database management.

Scroll Reverser:

• Scroll Reverser is a free Mac app that reverses the direction of scrolling, with independent settings for trackpads and mice.

Rectangle:

• Rectangle Move and resize windows in macOS using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas.

Spotify:

• Spotify is all the music you'll ever need.

It should take less than 15 minutes to install (depends on your machine).

Customize in ~/.laptop.local

Your ~/.laptop.local is run at the end of the Laptop script. Put your customizations there. For example:

#!/bin/sh

brew bundle --file=- <<EOF
brew "Caskroom/cask/dockertoolbox"
brew "go"
brew "ngrok"
brew "watch"
EOF

default_docker_machine() {
  docker-machine ls | grep -Fq "default"
}

if ! default_docker_machine; then
  docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default
fi

default_docker_machine_running() {
  default_docker_machine | grep -Fq "Running"
}

if ! default_docker_machine_running; then
  docker-machine start default
fi

fancy_echo "Cleaning up old Homebrew formulae ..."
brew cleanup
brew cask cleanup

if [ -r "$HOME/.rcrc" ]; then
  fancy_echo "Updating dotfiles ..."
  rcup
fi

Write your customizations such that they can be run safely more than once. See the mac script for examples.

Laptop functions such as fancy_echo and gem_install_or_update can be used in your ~/.laptop.local.

See the wiki for more customization examples.

Contributing

Edit the mac file. Document in the README.md file. Follow shell style guidelines by using ShellCheck and Syntastic.

brew install shellcheck

Testing your changes

Test your changes by running the script on a fresh install of macOS. You can use the free and open source emulator UTM.

Tip: Make a fresh virtual machine with the installation of macOS completed and your user created and first launch complete. Then duplicate that machine to test the script each time on a fresh install thats ready to go.

Thank you, contributors!

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License

Laptop is © 2011-2022 thoughtbot, inc. It is free software, and may be redistributed under the terms specified in the LICENSE file.

About thoughtbot

Laptop is maintained and funded by thoughtbot, inc. The names and logos for thoughtbot are trademarks of thoughtbot, inc.

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