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Intro to Web Development 101 | Day 2 - Development Environment Setup

TOOLS:

• Google Chrome (Fast and Lightweight browser with extensive developer tools)
  Install Google Chrome in Two Easy Steps (Mac) With Video
• Atom (Powerful Open Source Text Editor)
  How to Download and Install Atom (Text editor) in Two Easy Steps
• git (Command Line tool for collaborating with others and saving work online.

Step 1:

If you don't have Atom or Chrome installed, follow the links above and install them.

Install Chrome:

Install Google Chrome in Two Easy Steps (Mac) With Video

Install Atom:

How to Download and Install Atom (Text editor) in Two Easy Steps

Step 2:

Open Atom, and install the platformio-ide-terminal plugin for Atom.

You can now open your terminal within Atom using the command ctrl+`

Step 3:

Open your terminal in Atom by pressing ctrl+`

Install Homebrew

(Open-Source Package Manager for Mac)
Install Homebrew by simply running the following command (in your terminal):
$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install PostgreSQL

(Relational Database Management System)
Simply run the command $ brew install postgresql

You then may be prompted to run the command $ brew services link postgresql but if not, it is linked correctly.

Running the command $ postgres -v should now print to the console the version your newly installed PostgreSQL.

Install Postico

(Mac PostgreSQL Client)
Download Postico by clicking -> HERE <-

Install Git

Install Git by running command brew install git from your terminal
Now would be a good time to create a github account if you don't already have one...

$ git config --global user.name "Your Username"
$ git config --global user.name "your@email.com"

Your Dev Environment is now set up!

Next I will teach some keyboard shortcuts and how to create bash aliases that will improve your workflow and increase your productivity.

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