Re: Setup development software for Macs?
probably the most important for me is mac ports. It's basically a BSD package manager with OSX packages. You can install all the *NIX stuff easily. There is also a graphical UI called Porticus. LieGrue, strub - Original Message - From: Roger and Beth Whitcomb rogerandb...@rbwhitcomb.com To: dev@community.apache.org Cc: Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013, 6:21 Subject: Re: Setup development software for Macs? As far as basic text editors, TextWrangler is probably the best: http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ (and it's free). Also available via the App Store. Although the XCode editor is very nice as well. And I've used UltraEdit on a PC, and they now have a Mac version (cost is minimal) (http://www.ultraedit.com/products/mac-text-editor.html). ~Roger Whitcomb On 6/26/13 8:47 PM, Ted Dunning wrote: I tested disk I/O before and after enabling FileVault and couldn't really tell the difference. I also turned it on after I had quite a bit of stuff on the disk and it didn't take all that long to convert (considerably less than all night). Leave the firewall on. It is very easy to poke and then repair holes when you need them. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Luciano Resende luckbr1...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: I just switched to a Mac for much of my stuff, and am wondering how other committers organize their Macs and what kind of software they use. In particular, what's the best GUI-ish SVN clients? Your favorite basic text editors? I don't need a big IDE, just simple markdown/python/ruby, and occasional web page editing. Also, a silly question, I know, but if I have my work on SSD, is there any reason that I should *not* configure FileVault? It seems like a no brainer for any laptop. Similarly, any reason to turn off the built-in Firewall? Related, what are decent options for parental control software for macs iPads? It's obvious that we will need some way to restrict and monitor what our daughter does on the computer... Thanks in advance! - Shane Take a look at this, seems like some good pointers : http://www.josebrowne.com/from-windows-to-mac-dev.html Also, install Xcode command line tools, that should give you most of what you need (e.g. svn, git, and some other stuff required for basic dev) As for FileVault, I use that with no issues (and you know, it's kind required by our employers... in case you ever use your mac for work) but if you choose to do it, do it now, while you don't have much content on the SSD. Firewall is always ON as well. -- Luciano Resende http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://twitter.com/lresende1975 http://lresende.blogspot.com/
Re: Setup development software for Macs?
Try http://brew.sh Yes brew vs mac port is probably like vi vs emacs :-) 2013/6/27 Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de: probably the most important for me is mac ports. It's basically a BSD package manager with OSX packages. You can install all the *NIX stuff easily. There is also a graphical UI called Porticus. LieGrue, strub - Original Message - From: Roger and Beth Whitcomb rogerandb...@rbwhitcomb.com To: dev@community.apache.org Cc: Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013, 6:21 Subject: Re: Setup development software for Macs? As far as basic text editors, TextWrangler is probably the best: http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ (and it's free). Also available via the App Store. Although the XCode editor is very nice as well. And I've used UltraEdit on a PC, and they now have a Mac version (cost is minimal) (http://www.ultraedit.com/products/mac-text-editor.html). ~Roger Whitcomb On 6/26/13 8:47 PM, Ted Dunning wrote: I tested disk I/O before and after enabling FileVault and couldn't really tell the difference. I also turned it on after I had quite a bit of stuff on the disk and it didn't take all that long to convert (considerably less than all night). Leave the firewall on. It is very easy to poke and then repair holes when you need them. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Luciano Resende luckbr1...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: I just switched to a Mac for much of my stuff, and am wondering how other committers organize their Macs and what kind of software they use. In particular, what's the best GUI-ish SVN clients? Your favorite basic text editors? I don't need a big IDE, just simple markdown/python/ruby, and occasional web page editing. Also, a silly question, I know, but if I have my work on SSD, is there any reason that I should *not* configure FileVault? It seems like a no brainer for any laptop. Similarly, any reason to turn off the built-in Firewall? Related, what are decent options for parental control software for macs iPads? It's obvious that we will need some way to restrict and monitor what our daughter does on the computer... Thanks in advance! - Shane Take a look at this, seems like some good pointers : http://www.josebrowne.com/from-windows-to-mac-dev.html Also, install Xcode command line tools, that should give you most of what you need (e.g. svn, git, and some other stuff required for basic dev) As for FileVault, I use that with no issues (and you know, it's kind required by our employers... in case you ever use your mac for work) but if you choose to do it, do it now, while you don't have much content on the SSD. Firewall is always ON as well. -- Luciano Resende http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://twitter.com/lresende1975 http://lresende.blogspot.com/ -- Olivier Lamy Ecetera: http://ecetera.com.au http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy
Re: Setup development software for Macs?
On 27 June 2013 03:20, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: I just switched to a Mac for much of my stuff, and am wondering how other committers organize their Macs and what kind of software they use. Install xcode and the commandline tools that come with it (look in preferences). I use homebrew http://brew.sh/ in preference to macports. apple's term is good, but I like http://www.iterm2.com/ better. In particular, what's the best GUI-ish SVN clients? http://www.sourcetreeapp.com/ is free if you give atlassian an email address. Your favorite basic text editors? I don't need a big IDE, just simple markdown/python/ruby, and occasional web page editing. http://mouapp.com/ is a super-simple markdown editor that imho gets things right. bikesheds galore :-). I spend 80% of my day in komodo ide (but the free komodo edit is very nice too), 20% vi, occasionally sublime text, but I never really liked it. Aquamacs is nice for people who drank the kool-aid. Also, a silly question, I know, but if I have my work on SSD, is there any reason that I should *not* configure FileVault? It seems like a no brainer for any laptop. Similarly, any reason to turn off the built-in Firewall? Other stuff I use: ## passwords http://www.keepassx.org/ there are fancier tools but it's opensource https://github.com/keepassx/keepassx ## communicating skype but I would love a SIP-based OSS alternative IRC: textual http://www.codeux.com/textual/ is nice, BSD licenced, but you can buy a built copy from app store. http://limechat.net/mac/ is another popular option. ## apps vlc http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html for watching videos. firefox nightly + chrome canary for web dev. If you sign up for the free microsoft MSDN deal that ASF gets, you can install excel/word/powerpoint etc if you need them. Amazon's free Kindle.app for reading books (lots of gutenberg project ones similar free stories in mobi format) calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/ for managing all my ebooks (on an aging Kindle DX). fluid.app turns browser windows into separate apps http://fluidapp.com/ vmware fusion + vagrant ansible for spinning up instances everywhere and configuring them. ## storage MacZFS http://code.google.com/p/maczfs/ is pretty good, albeit an old version. once I got past 4GiB of RAM I've had no trouble. SSD with zfs compression is nifty, I have it on a 2nd internal drive. I use openafs instead of dropbox. backup: arq http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/ I used backblaze and time machine for backups, but I prefer controlling my own storage. github bitbucket for really important stuff. ## productivity launchers - http://www.alfredapp.com/ others swear by http://qsapp.com/ quicksilver, the latter is free https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver and ALv2 licenced. pomodoro app is great, https://github.com/ugol/pomodoro BSD licenced but you can buy from app store http://www.pomodoroapp.com/help/pomodoro-timer-for-mac/ is a more GTD-heavy app, with a free option. A+ Dave
Re: Setup development software for Macs?
On 27 June 2013 11:40, Dave Cottlehuber d...@jsonified.com wrote: Last but not least, how could I forget https://gpgtools.org/ ?
Re: Setup development software for Macs?
Regardless of which you choose, +1 non-deterministically for either brew or mac port. Very useful. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 2:19 AM, Olivier Lamy ol...@apache.org wrote: Try http://brew.sh Yes brew vs mac port is probably like vi vs emacs :-) 2013/6/27 Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de: probably the most important for me is mac ports. It's basically a BSD package manager with OSX packages. You can install all the *NIX stuff easily. There is also a graphical UI called Porticus. LieGrue, strub - Original Message - From: Roger and Beth Whitcomb rogerandb...@rbwhitcomb.com To: dev@community.apache.org Cc: Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013, 6:21 Subject: Re: Setup development software for Macs? As far as basic text editors, TextWrangler is probably the best: http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ (and it's free). Also available via the App Store. Although the XCode editor is very nice as well. And I've used UltraEdit on a PC, and they now have a Mac version (cost is minimal) ( http://www.ultraedit.com/products/mac-text-editor.html). ~Roger Whitcomb On 6/26/13 8:47 PM, Ted Dunning wrote: I tested disk I/O before and after enabling FileVault and couldn't really tell the difference. I also turned it on after I had quite a bit of stuff on the disk and it didn't take all that long to convert (considerably less than all night). Leave the firewall on. It is very easy to poke and then repair holes when you need them. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Luciano Resende luckbr1...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: I just switched to a Mac for much of my stuff, and am wondering how other committers organize their Macs and what kind of software they use. In particular, what's the best GUI-ish SVN clients? Your favorite basic text editors? I don't need a big IDE, just simple markdown/python/ruby, and occasional web page editing. Also, a silly question, I know, but if I have my work on SSD, is there any reason that I should *not* configure FileVault? It seems like a no brainer for any laptop. Similarly, any reason to turn off the built-in Firewall? Related, what are decent options for parental control software for macs iPads? It's obvious that we will need some way to restrict and monitor what our daughter does on the computer... Thanks in advance! - Shane Take a look at this, seems like some good pointers : http://www.josebrowne.com/from-windows-to-mac-dev.html Also, install Xcode command line tools, that should give you most of what you need (e.g. svn, git, and some other stuff required for basic dev) As for FileVault, I use that with no issues (and you know, it's kind required by our employers... in case you ever use your mac for work) but if you choose to do it, do it now, while you don't have much content on the SSD. Firewall is always ON as well. -- Luciano Resende http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://twitter.com/lresende1975 http://lresende.blogspot.com/ -- Olivier Lamy Ecetera: http://ecetera.com.au http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy
Re: Setup development software for Macs?
Having come from a FreeBSD background, I find MacPorts much better. On Jun 27, 2013, at 11:49 AM, Ted Dunning ted.dunn...@gmail.com wrote: Regardless of which you choose, +1 non-deterministically for either brew or mac port. Very useful. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 2:19 AM, Olivier Lamy ol...@apache.org wrote: Try http://brew.sh Yes brew vs mac port is probably like vi vs emacs :-) 2013/6/27 Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de: probably the most important for me is mac ports. It's basically a BSD package manager with OSX packages. You can install all the *NIX stuff easily. There is also a graphical UI called Porticus. LieGrue, strub - Original Message - From: Roger and Beth Whitcomb rogerandb...@rbwhitcomb.com To: dev@community.apache.org Cc: Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013, 6:21 Subject: Re: Setup development software for Macs? As far as basic text editors, TextWrangler is probably the best: http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ (and it's free). Also available via the App Store. Although the XCode editor is very nice as well. And I've used UltraEdit on a PC, and they now have a Mac version (cost is minimal) ( http://www.ultraedit.com/products/mac-text-editor.html). ~Roger Whitcomb On 6/26/13 8:47 PM, Ted Dunning wrote: I tested disk I/O before and after enabling FileVault and couldn't really tell the difference. I also turned it on after I had quite a bit of stuff on the disk and it didn't take all that long to convert (considerably less than all night). Leave the firewall on. It is very easy to poke and then repair holes when you need them. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Luciano Resende luckbr1...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: I just switched to a Mac for much of my stuff, and am wondering how other committers organize their Macs and what kind of software they use. In particular, what's the best GUI-ish SVN clients? Your favorite basic text editors? I don't need a big IDE, just simple markdown/python/ruby, and occasional web page editing. Also, a silly question, I know, but if I have my work on SSD, is there any reason that I should *not* configure FileVault? It seems like a no brainer for any laptop. Similarly, any reason to turn off the built-in Firewall? Related, what are decent options for parental control software for macs iPads? It's obvious that we will need some way to restrict and monitor what our daughter does on the computer... Thanks in advance! - Shane Take a look at this, seems like some good pointers : http://www.josebrowne.com/from-windows-to-mac-dev.html Also, install Xcode command line tools, that should give you most of what you need (e.g. svn, git, and some other stuff required for basic dev) As for FileVault, I use that with no issues (and you know, it's kind required by our employers... in case you ever use your mac for work) but if you choose to do it, do it now, while you don't have much content on the SSD. Firewall is always ON as well. -- Luciano Resende http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://twitter.com/lresende1975 http://lresende.blogspot.com/ -- Olivier Lamy Ecetera: http://ecetera.com.au http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy
Re: Setup development software for Macs?
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: I just switched to a Mac for much of my stuff, and am wondering how other committers organize their Macs and what kind of software they use. In particular, what's the best GUI-ish SVN clients? Your favorite basic text editors? I don't need a big IDE, just simple markdown/python/ruby, and occasional web page editing. Also, a silly question, I know, but if I have my work on SSD, is there any reason that I should *not* configure FileVault? It seems like a no brainer for any laptop. Similarly, any reason to turn off the built-in Firewall? Related, what are decent options for parental control software for macs iPads? It's obvious that we will need some way to restrict and monitor what our daughter does on the computer... Thanks in advance! - Shane Take a look at this, seems like some good pointers : http://www.josebrowne.com/from-windows-to-mac-dev.html Also, install Xcode command line tools, that should give you most of what you need (e.g. svn, git, and some other stuff required for basic dev) As for FileVault, I use that with no issues (and you know, it's kind required by our employers... in case you ever use your mac for work) but if you choose to do it, do it now, while you don't have much content on the SSD. Firewall is always ON as well. -- Luciano Resende http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://twitter.com/lresende1975 http://lresende.blogspot.com/
Re: Setup development software for Macs?
I tested disk I/O before and after enabling FileVault and couldn't really tell the difference. I also turned it on after I had quite a bit of stuff on the disk and it didn't take all that long to convert (considerably less than all night). Leave the firewall on. It is very easy to poke and then repair holes when you need them. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Luciano Resende luckbr1...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: I just switched to a Mac for much of my stuff, and am wondering how other committers organize their Macs and what kind of software they use. In particular, what's the best GUI-ish SVN clients? Your favorite basic text editors? I don't need a big IDE, just simple markdown/python/ruby, and occasional web page editing. Also, a silly question, I know, but if I have my work on SSD, is there any reason that I should *not* configure FileVault? It seems like a no brainer for any laptop. Similarly, any reason to turn off the built-in Firewall? Related, what are decent options for parental control software for macs iPads? It's obvious that we will need some way to restrict and monitor what our daughter does on the computer... Thanks in advance! - Shane Take a look at this, seems like some good pointers : http://www.josebrowne.com/from-windows-to-mac-dev.html Also, install Xcode command line tools, that should give you most of what you need (e.g. svn, git, and some other stuff required for basic dev) As for FileVault, I use that with no issues (and you know, it's kind required by our employers... in case you ever use your mac for work) but if you choose to do it, do it now, while you don't have much content on the SSD. Firewall is always ON as well. -- Luciano Resende http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://twitter.com/lresende1975 http://lresende.blogspot.com/
Re: Setup development software for Macs?
As far as basic text editors, TextWrangler is probably the best: http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ (and it's free). Also available via the App Store. Although the XCode editor is very nice as well. And I've used UltraEdit on a PC, and they now have a Mac version (cost is minimal) (http://www.ultraedit.com/products/mac-text-editor.html). ~Roger Whitcomb On 6/26/13 8:47 PM, Ted Dunning wrote: I tested disk I/O before and after enabling FileVault and couldn't really tell the difference. I also turned it on after I had quite a bit of stuff on the disk and it didn't take all that long to convert (considerably less than all night). Leave the firewall on. It is very easy to poke and then repair holes when you need them. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Luciano Resende luckbr1...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: I just switched to a Mac for much of my stuff, and am wondering how other committers organize their Macs and what kind of software they use. In particular, what's the best GUI-ish SVN clients? Your favorite basic text editors? I don't need a big IDE, just simple markdown/python/ruby, and occasional web page editing. Also, a silly question, I know, but if I have my work on SSD, is there any reason that I should *not* configure FileVault? It seems like a no brainer for any laptop. Similarly, any reason to turn off the built-in Firewall? Related, what are decent options for parental control software for macs iPads? It's obvious that we will need some way to restrict and monitor what our daughter does on the computer... Thanks in advance! - Shane Take a look at this, seems like some good pointers : http://www.josebrowne.com/from-windows-to-mac-dev.html Also, install Xcode command line tools, that should give you most of what you need (e.g. svn, git, and some other stuff required for basic dev) As for FileVault, I use that with no issues (and you know, it's kind required by our employers... in case you ever use your mac for work) but if you choose to do it, do it now, while you don't have much content on the SSD. Firewall is always ON as well. -- Luciano Resende http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://twitter.com/lresende1975 http://lresende.blogspot.com/
