Visual Studio Code Download For Macbook Pro

Visual Studio Code Download For Macbook Pro

I thought I would take some time and document what I do when I get a new machine. This is going to walk through some preferences I configure, applications I install and settings I use for different programs. I am always curious to see how other software developers are setting up their development machines so I figured it would be a good opportunity to share mine.
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I am a Software Developer so most of my configuration will be around programming. My current MacBook configuration is as follows:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 16 GB
Startup Disk: Macintosh HD
Graphics: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 1536 MB
Storage: 500 GB
When you power on your MacBook you are going to run through the setup. I usually configure anything I can here like Wi-fi & Apple ID. The rest of the instructions will assume you made it through the setup and are on the desktop.
Visual Studio Code  Other  yarn New to Visual. Download the latest.vsix release file from the GitHub repository and install it. Support for Macbook Pro Touch.
If you don't want to have to wait for disk encryption (error in macOS updates section) don't select that during setup and perform that at a later time
macOS Updates

The first thing I do is run any updates that are available. In my case the laptop came preloaded with macOS Sierra and macOS Mojave has been released.
So my first step is going to be to update to macOS Mojave. You can download this and run this from the App Store.
Error: You may not install to this volume because it is currently being encrypted
If you get the error above than you chose the option of encrypting your hard drive during setup. Make sure you have the power plugged in and go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > File Vault. From there you can see the progress of encryption and when its complete you can launch the macOS Mojave installer.
App StoreIf you have signed in with your Apple Id you will be taken directly to the Apple Store. This is a good time to run any updates that are available.
You might run into issues here because the apple id that downloaded them is not you. In this case I just removed those apps I am not using (GarageBand,Numbers,Pages,iMovie…)
To remove applications I like installing AppCleaner. This will make sure that the application and any related files will be removed.
Another application I really love for this and so many other things is Clean My Mac
Garage BandUnfortunately AppCleaner only works for 3rd party installed applications and wont remove GarageBand. You need to remove this manually and while there are a few more locations these are the main 3 you should remove. If you're going to use apple sound affects in other programs please read up on this before deleting.
/Applications/GarageBand.app
/Library/Application Support/GarageBand/
/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/
Empty Trash
Getting StartedAnything I can install using HomeBrew I will. Before you install HomeBrew though you need to install the xcode command line utilities. Open up a new terminal and type the following command. Even if you plan on installing xcode I believe you still need to install these now as they moved them out of the standard installation.
The Command Line Tools Package is a small self-contained package available for download separately from Xcode and that allows you to do command line development in OS X. It consists of two components: OS X SDK and command-line tools such as Clang, which are installed in /usr/bin.
HomeBrewAs I said earlier I use HomeBrew to install anything that it can install. I recently found out about cask which makes my life so much easier. If you normally use brew to install something like google-chrome you know that you have to then drag it into the applications folder. If you you use cask it will not only download the package but also move it into the applications folder.
Installation: 
Post Installation
If you need help with brew you can run brew help.
brew update - You shouldn't have anything to update but its good to check.
brew search 'term' to search for brews
Terminal / Bash / iTermNow that we have HomeBrew installed it's time to start installing some software. The default version of bash is v3.2 and I want to go ahead and upgrade this to 4.x. There is a really good guide here that you can follow to upgrade bash.
bash -v (bash-3.2)
brew install bash
if you close terminal or open a new tab it will show 4.4 but this still isn't the default version.
which bash will show you what bash you're using.
Now that we have bash updated we need to make that our default shell. To do so you need to edit /etc/shells
Bash ProfileNow that we have bash updated I need to customize my shell. Look in your home directory and see if you have a .bash_profile and if you don't you can create one using the following command.
This is where you can add all kinds of customization's to bash. I have included my .bash_profile in this repository if you want to check it out. As always if you have questions about what's in there please let me know.
iTerm2For the longest time I used the terminal and even had a couple of people call me out on it :joy:
I am now using iTerm2 full time and I absolutely love it. If you want to find out about some of the features & configurations it gives you please check out their website.
One thing I like to do is customize the colors and a great resource for that is https://iterm2colorschemes.com/
This is a list of my favorite color schemes.
Dracula
FirefoxDev
Github
Grape
Grass
Hipster Green
Homebrew
Man Page
Material
MaterialDark
Novel
OceanicMaterial
Development SetupNow that I have a nice looking command line full of features its time to start installing all of the different applications I will use. If you have any questions about any of these or why I install them please see the contact me section below.
brew install git
brew cask install google-chrome
brew cask install google-chrome-canary
brew cask install firefox
brew cask install firefox-developer-edition
brew cask install visual-studio-code
brew cask install visual-studio-code-insiders
brew cask install intellij-idea
brew cask install eclipse-java
brew cask install postman
brew cask install docker
brew cask install spectacle
brew install tree
Visual Studio CodeIf you aren't using Visual Studio Code, what the heck are you waiting for? All jokes aside I am sure you have probably heard of code by now and here is a few ways that I customize it.
ExtensionsI used to hate having to install Visual Studio Code on a new machine. The reason for that is I have grown to love the editor so much that I have an extension for everything. I use to install them one by one and when you have to do that 35 times it gets really old.
If you want to get a list of extensions currently installed on your machine you can use the following command.
The nice thing about that is you can install visual studio code extensions using the command line.
You can pipe the results of your list into a file or if you wish you can grab mine from this repository. Once you have that file you can run the following to install all of your extensions. if you're interested in what extensions I am using I have included my list of extensions.
After I did this and tweeted about it a lot of people let me know about another extension called sync settings. This will sync all of your visual studio extensions, settings, key bindings, etc across machines.
FontsI am a huge fan of the Dank Mono font. I install this and use it for most of my development. If I am writing documentation I will sometimes use a different font, it just depends.
User SettingsI have included my user settings in case you want to see what I use. I don't have much here but will try and update these soon.
Node & NPMIf you're going to install Node I think the best way to do so is by using Node Version Manager (NVM). This to me has a few advantages over installing it from brew or even directly downloading it from their website.
You can install multiple versions of Node
You can set a default version
You can switch between these versions easily
Installs in your home directory
You don't need special privileges
No more sudo when installing packages globally
Once you have NVM you can install the latest stable realease (v10.12.0 at the time of this writing) using the following command.
Global Packages to InstallGit ConfigThere is usually a default install of git but we used brew to install the latest earlier. Now that we are on the latest version of git we need to do a little configuration.
.gitconfig
git config --global user.email 'dan@techelevator.com'
git config --global user.name 'Dan Vega'
Aliases
git config --global alias.add-commit '!git add -A && git commit'
DatabasesPostgreSQLThe easiest way to install PostgreSQL is by using HomeBrew.
When this is done installing you can have it start up automatically using the following command.
I don't need it that often so when I want to run it I can run the following command:
Better yet I can add a few of aliases to my bash profile to make this even easier.
Our students also use DBVisualizer so I like to have that installed as well.
MySQLTo get started with MySQL run the following command:
To have MySQL automatically run when you computer starts:
OR you can start / stop it manually
To be consistent with our PostgreSQL we can create a few aliases.
SDKManThis is one of my favorite version managers because I use a lot of the Software Development Kits (SDKs) it manages. If you haven't heard of SDKMan check them out here. This is a list of SDKs I manage using SDKMan.
Java
Groovy
Grails
Gradle
Maven
Micronaut
Spring Boot
Kotlin
Here is a full list of SDKs https://sdkman.io/sdks
Installation: curl -s 'https://get.sdkman.io' | bash
If you just type sdk install candidate it will install the latest stable version or you can install a specific version
If you need to get a list of versions you can ask for it:
Browser ConfigurationTurn on sync and sign into chrome, this brings all of my bookmarks and extensions. If you have any questions about any of these or why I install them please see the contact me section below.
Extensions
LastPass
Grammarly
Color Picker
LiveReload
uBlock Origin
privacy badger
oneTab
JSONViewer
Vue devtools
System PreferencesVisual Studio Code Download For Macbook Pro 15I have a few things that I customize in preferences:
Trackpad:
System Preferences > Trackpad > Scroll & Zoom:
I uncheck scroll direction: Natural (It doesn't feel natural for me)
Dock:
System Preferences > Dock
Change the size to small and turn on magnification
I also remove all icons from the dock that i don't use
Avatar:
System Preferences > Users & Groups > Edit Avatar
Theme:
macOS Mojave introduced light & dark themes. I still stick with the light theme even though I use dark themes in almost every editor or program that I use. If you want to change this later simply go to System Preferences > General > Appearance
FinderI like to customize Finder so I can get to all of my most used places quickly.
Locations
Node DownloadAdd Macintosh HD to locations so I can always get to the root hard drive
Home /Users/vega
screenshots (configure screenshot utility to save here)
open screenshot > options > other location
A few tips in finder
cmd+shift+h (takes you home)
cmd . (show hidden files and folders)
Work SetupThese are a list of applications and configuration I need for work. You may not need some of these tools but I thought I would share them here anyways.
Last Pass
Slack
Twitter (App Store)
Screenflow
Adobe Creative SuiteI am huge fan of Adobe and all of their products!
Photoshop CC
Illustrator CC
Premiere Pro CC
After Effects CC
Premiere Rush CC
XD
Windows 10At work I need to dual boot with macOS and Windows 10. We have a .NET track where the students use Windows (Visual Studio, SQL Server, etc…) and I need to be able to support them. The great thing about this is Apple has made this stupid simple using BootCamp Assistant. If you want to read more about this check out the document below.
Visual Studio Code Download For Macbook Pro CatalinaConclusionI had a lot of fun putting this together and I hope you picked up a new trick or 2. Whenever I find something new or a way to improve the installation process I will update the link below if you would like to follow along. Please let me know if I missed something that I should look into or if you have any tips and tricks.
Download Software For Macbook ProThis extension supports running npm scripts defined in the package.json file and validating the installed modulesagainst the dependencies defined in the package.json.
Notice The validation is done by running npm and it is not run when the modules are managed by yarn.
The package.json validation reports warnings for modules:
that are defined in the package.json, but that are not installed
that are installed but not defined in the package.json
that are installed but do not satisfy the version defined in the package.json.
Quick fixes to run npm are provided for reported warnings.
Commands for running scripts are available the npm category.
Run npm install, also available in the context menu of the explorer when the package.json file
Run a script (npm run-script) defined in the package.json by picking a scriptdefined in the scripts section of the package.json.
Rerun the last npm script you have executed using this extension.
Terminate a running script
The scripts can be run either in the integrated terminal or an output window.
Support for Macbook Pro touch bar. You can run the following commands:
npm install
npm start
npm test
npm build
Settingsnpm.validate.enable validate the dependencies in the package.json file, the default is true.
npm.runInTerminal defines whether the command is runin a terminal window or whether the output form the command is shown in the Output window. The default is to show the output in the terminal.
npm.includeDirectories define additional directories that include a package.json.
npm.useRootDirectory define whether the root directory of the workspace should be ignored, the default is false.
npm.runSilent run npm commands with the --silent option, the default is false.
npm.bin custom npm bin name, the default is npm.
npm.enableTouchbar Enable the npm scripts on macOS touchbar.
 Example Keyboard ShortcutsThe extension defines a chording keyboard shortcut for the R key. As a consequence an existing keybinding for R is not executed immediately. If this is not desired, then please bind another key for these commands, see the customization documentation.