My Development Workflow (2021)

My personal developer workflow and laptop setup (macOS) in 2021.

This is a collection of resources and my general workflow for Software Engineering. Note: workstation is running MacOS.

Dependencies/Libraries:

• Homebrew - package manager for linux-based OSs.
• Git - version control, manage files during project development
• Node.js + Nvm - runtime for javascript without a browser
• Npm - large organization of libraries/packages available to use in projects.
• Python 3 - python language interpreter for python ^3.0.0.
• MySQL - SQL database software for development
• Redis - real time data storage with different data structures in a cache
• Heroku CLI - manager for Heroku apps from the command line
• Amazon CLI - manager for AWS services from the command line

Communication:

• Slack
• Zoom

Recording:

• OBS
• Zoom Meeting Recording

Other Software:

• Chrome - main browser with debugging tools
• Postman - API platform for easy endpoint testing
• Flux - screen eye strain assistance
• GIMP - photo editing software

Toy problems:

• ExcaliDraw
• LeetCode
• CyberDojo
• TopCoder
• Coderbyte
• HackerRank

Note taking:

• Notion

IDE:

VSCode:

• MacOS Quick Action: Open Folder from finder -> Configure Quick Action

• ESLint Extension - Integrates ESLint JavaScript into VS Code.

• Bracket Pair Colorizer Extension - A customizable extension for colorizing matching brackets

• Open In Default Browser Extension - A VSCode extension to fast open html file in browser

• Stylelint Extension - Modern CSS/SCSS/Less linter

• settings.json:

  {
    "editor.lightbulb.enabled": false,
    "editor.parameterHints.enabled": false,
    "editor.renderWhitespace": "all",
    "editor.snippetSuggestions": "none",
    "editor.tabSize": 2,
    "editor.wordWrap": "off",
    "emmet.showExpandedAbbreviation": "never",
    "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
    "javascript.suggest.enabled": false,
    "javascript.updateImportsOnFileMove.enabled": "never",
    "javascript.validate.enable": false,
    "eslint.alwaysShowStatus": true,
    "explorer.confirmDelete": false,
    "python.pythonPath": "/usr/bin/python3",
    "workbench.editorAssociations": {
      "*.ipynb": "jupyter.notebook.ipynb"
    },
    "[javascript]": {
      "editor.defaultFormatter": "vscode.typescript-language-features"
    },
    "css.validate": false,
    "window.zoomLevel": 2,
    "editor.hover.sticky": false,
    "editor.formatOnPaste": true,
    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "vscode.json-language-features",
    "workbench.iconTheme": "material-icon-theme",
    "security.workspace.trust.untrustedFiles": "open",
    "liveshare.allowGuestTaskControl": true,
    "liveshare.allowGuestDebugControl": true,
    "liveshare.anonymousGuestApproval": "accept",
    "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/usr/bin/python3",
    "editor.largeFileOptimizations": false
  }

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