Computer setup

A quick guide to getting your computer setup and ready to make graphics.

• Install Xcode (from App store)
• Install brew (make sure you cd to /usr/local)

Node

brew install node

Check that it worked: node -v and npm -v

Gulp

sudo npm install -g gulp

Yarn

brew install yarn

Breakdown:

• sudo = ask for password, gives admin rights
• npm = node package manager
• yarn = cached package manager (what we use in place of npm for slush)
• -g = globally (install for entire computer, not just for current directory)
• gulp = task runner (package that node is installing)

Git

• brew install git
• git config --global user.name "username"
• git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Text editors

Use Sublime, Atom, VSCode, or whatever else you're comfortable with. We use EditorConfig to maintain consistency of spaces for different source files across different editors. Our app template ships with the config file. So all you have to do is download the EditorConfig plugin for your editor from here.