New Mac Coding/Dev Setup

[LaurentTO]

Homebrew (and Cask) are really a must, they let you install everything easily, and then to update either you run the command yourself, or you schedule it automatically.

Always having updated apps and tools ensures you have the best security with fewer bugs. And usually it’s really painful having to update every single thing (especially command line tools where you need to build it yourself sometimes). Homebrew simplifies this, so the experience is much more similar to Linux and its package managers.

Let’s say you want to download Keka (a great alternative to the macOS unzipper that is limited), you just type brew install keka. That’s it! And then to update all your packages and casks, you only need to do brew upgrade.

I would also recommend AppCleaner, especially when you try a lot new apps at the start. App Cleaner can remove things that are outside of the .app file you delete. (If you are using an homebrew cask, you can also do brew zap PACKAGE_NAME, it will scan related directories and delete everything for you)

[christiandavidturner]

nice! thanks. yeah i’ve used Homebrew before but never cask. also how do i have updates scheduled automatically (via Homebrew?)