How do I setup my dev box ?

Hey,

This blog post serves as a guide to how I set up my MacBook and the tools I rely on. It’s primarily a reference for myself to streamline future configurations, but I hope it can also assist you in setting up your machine. If you’re the “I’ll figure it out” type, you may want to check out these two GitHub repositories instead.

Feel free to let me know if you need any further adjustments!

• dotfiles
• kickstart.nvim

Easy way

zsh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mehuaniket/dotfiles/main/scripts/setup.sh)"

• Import iterm_default_profile.json by going to settings > profiles > other actions > import JSON profiles

• Delete old default profile

• Restart Terminal

• Open Nvim

nvim .

OR

Doing things hard way

Install homebrew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
echo "eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)" >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Install iterm2

brew install iterm2

Install fzf and fd

brew install fd
brew install fzf

Installing oh-my-zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

I suggest you start with the following:

zsh-autosuggestions: makes suggestions based on commands you have already made.

zsh-syntax-highlighting: enables highlighting of commands while they are typed.

Clone both plugins to your OhMyZsh custom folder.

cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git

Now, edit your ~/.zshrc file to include them.

plugins=(
    git
    zsh-autosuggestions
    zsh-syntax-highlighting
)

Restart your Zsh with source ~/.zshrc.

Powerlevel10k

Powerlevel10k is a theme for Zsh. It emphasizes speed, flexibility and out-of-the-box experience.

Install the required fonts

• MesloLGS NF Regular.ttf
• MesloLGS NF Bold.ttf
• MesloLGS NF Italic.ttf
• MesloLGS NF Bold Italic.ttf

Configure iterm2 by opening Preferences → Profiles. Go to default > text > Font (dropdown) > select MesloLGS NF Regular.

• Clone the repository

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

• Then, edit and powerlevel10k to ~/.zshrc.

ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"

Restart Zsh with source ~/.zshrc and follow the configuration wizard.

Choose your preferred style in the following screens.

Install tmux

• Use brew

brew install tmux

• start new session

tmux new

• You will notice that we have lost the colors we had before. Let’s bring them back with the next configs.

Install tpm to handle tmux plugins.

git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

• Edit ~/.tmux.conf and replace conf file.

# List of plugins
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'

# Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf)
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

set -g @plugin 'dracula/tmux'

# Set 256 colors
set -s default-terminal 'tmux-256color'


set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum'

• Reload tmux environment

# type this in terminal if tmux is already running
tmux source ~/.tmux.conf

Press + I (capital i) to install it. The default is ctrl + b, so press ctrl + b + I.

Install github

brew install gh

Install rust

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Install go

brew install go

Experimenting nvim

• Install nvim

brew install neovim

• Install nerd font

brew install font-hack-nerd-font

• Install lazyvim

rm -Rf ~/.local/state/nvim
rm -Rf ~/.local/share/nvim
rm -Rf ~/.cache/nvim
rm -Rf ~/.config/nvim

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/mehuaniket/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles

• Install stow

brew install stow

• Installing nvim

stow nvim
stow zsh
stow tmux
stow fzf
source ~/.zshrc
tmux source ~/.tmux.conf

Press + I (capital i) to install it. The default is ctrl + b, so press ctrl + b + I.

Install kubectl and terraform

brew install kubectl
brew install terraform

Cheatsheet

tmux

- Ctr + space = prefix 
- <prefix> + c = new window
- <prefix> + " = split window horizontally (new pane)
- <prefix> + %. = split window vertically (new pane)
- <prefix> + number = to switch between windows
- <prefix> + : = to insert command for tmux like (:rename-window debug)
- <prefix> + h/j/k/l = to switch between panes
- <prefix> + option + arrow (up/down/left/right) = to change size of the window

nvim

- Space = Prefix
- Ctr + h/j/k/l = to switch between window
- <prefix> + sf = search files
- <prefix> + sn = to change neo vim settings
- <prefix> + / = fuzzingly search current buffer
- <prefix> + b = to add breakpoints on file
- <prefix> + sk = keymaps list
- a = to create new file when you are on file tree
- r = to rename file when you are on file tree
- Ctr + f5 = to run file in debug mode