Ask HN: For a first-time Apple owner, what development tools do you recommend?

Re:Ask HN: For a first-time Apple owner, what development to... by dougireton on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @10:26PM (#4289083)

1. Xcode: you'll need this to compile open source software on your Mac 2. Homebrew - Awesome Mac package manager: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew 3. iTerm2 - Replacement for Mac terminal: http://www.iterm2.com/#/section/home 4. zsh - replacement for bash shell 5. oh my zsh!: config scripts for Zsh: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh 6. MacVim (brew install MacVim) 7. QuickSilver (Mac app launcher): http://qsapp.com/index.php 8. Git (brew install git)

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Re:Ask HN: For a first-time Apple owner, what development to... by Tyr42 on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @10:29PM (#4289089)

What does iterm2 have to offer over the built in terminal?

Also, more line-breaks would be nice...

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Re:Ask HN: For a first-time Apple owner, what development to... by achompas on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @11:11PM (#4289171)

For starters, iTerm 2 has great profile/color management, split panes (horizontal or vertical) within the same window, and not-so-broken ANSI coloring.

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Re:Ask HN: For a first-time Apple owner, what development to... by Tyr42 on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @11:17PM (#4289192)

Terminal has profile/colour management, and screen does any pane splitting for me, and what's wrong with and ANSI colouring?

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Re:Ask HN: For a first-time Apple owner, what development to... by achompas on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @12:21AM (#4289345)

I found colors in Terminal to be lacking, and heard great things about iTerm 2. Sounds like you have your setup exactly as you want it, though.

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Re:Ask HN: For a first-time Apple owner, what development to... by bhousel on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @11:20PM (#4289198)

I think Alfred seems to have replaced Quicksilver as the app launcher du jour.

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