💻 Setting up a new computer
These are my notes on the tasks or apps I frequently use and setup on a new or refreshed computer.
Desktop Backgrounds
Forest originally from uhdpaper.
Install fonts
For Mac, just unzip the fonts and double click each file to add it to Font Book.
Apps to Install
Install git
Type the following into terminal:
git --version
Go things
Install pkgsite
go install golang.org/x/pkgsite/cmd/pkgsite@latest
Install godoc
go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/godoc@latest
godoc -http=:7000
Install gofumpt
go install mvdan.cc/gofumpt@latest
Update VS Code settings:
"go.useLanguageServer": true,
"gopls": {
"formatting.gofumpt": true,
},
zsh Things
Starship prompt
Install it
curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh
Add the following to the end of ~/.zshrc:
# ~/.zshrc
eval "$(starship init zsh)"
zsh auto-suggestions
https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions
echo "source ~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc
zsh syntax highlighting
https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
# Clone this repository and source the script
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ~/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting
echo "source ~/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc
Set up global gitignore
Edit the .gitconfig file
nano ~/.gitconfig
Add the lines:
[core]
excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
.gitignore file
nano ~/.gitignore
Add anything that should be ignored for all projects. For example:
.DS_Store
.env
venv
.venv
*.db
*.sqlite3
.pytest_cache
__pycache__
Set up "permanent" environment variables
(provided by OpenAI's ChatGPT)
macOS
Use nano to add export MY_VARIABLE=my_value to one of the following:
- If you are using Bash shell, you can use ~/.bashrc
- If you are using Zsh shell, you can use ~/.zshrc. Here’s how:
Load the new environment variables by running:
- source ~/.zshrc
- source ~/.bashrc
Install Air
Air is a useful tool for live reloading applications.
Installation:
go install github.com/cosmtrek/air@latest
Make sure GOPATH is set in ~/.zshrc to be able to use the air command
# Go Path Things
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin
Archive
Things I used to use, but don't anymore:
pyenv
https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv#automatic-installer
# pyenv automatic installer
curl https://pyenv.run | bash
# Set up pyenv
echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"' >> ~/.zshrc
# Set up global pyenv virtual env
pyenv install 3.11.2
pyenv virtualenv 3.11.2 3.11.2-global
pyenv global 3.11.2-global
Powerlevel10k
https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k#manual
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ~/.zsh/powerlevel10k
echo 'source ~/.zsh/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme' >> ~/.zshrc
# Configure it
p10k configure