Rick Hernandez

OSX Automation In this section you will find some automation tips and tricks that you can use for your workflow in order to make you a more productive programmer. Virtual Box and Samba Shares If you are running a VirtualBox instance from the GUI, and then … [Read more...] about Introduction to automation using OSX

Text Editors At times you might want to open up a file from the command line with your favorite text editor, here I will show you how to accomplish this with Brackets, but this can be modified to work with any text editor. In Brackets you will need to enable the … [Read more...] about How to use Brackets by Adobe From the Command Line in OS X

Oh My Zsh: Zsh is an open source, a community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration. To install Zsh open up the terminal and run the following command. sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)" … [Read more...] about How to install ZSH in OS X

Git: Git is a type of version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. … [Read more...] about How to install git in OS X

Homebrew: Homebrew is a popular package manager for OS X. To install Homebrew open up the terminal and run the following command. ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" Download … [Read more...] about What the Heck is Homebrew and Why you need to know it

Custom Hosts File This section is completely optional: The host file that your system uses to match a hostname to an ip address can be located in different locations depending on your operating system. Windows The host file can be found at … [Read more...] about How to edit the Host file in Windows

At times you might want to open up a file from the command line with your favorite text editor, here I will show you how to accomplish this with Brackets, but this can be modified to work with any text editor. Make sure that when you installed brackets that you … [Read more...] about Using Brackets From the Command Line in Windows

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Command line (CLI) tools are an essential tool set for any programmer. In this section will be taking a closer look into common command line tools. After completing this section you will have a clear understanding of how and what tools you will need for your … [Read more...] about Introduction to The Command Line

The plugins that I would recommend would be the following: Vimderbar Vim-like functionality Brackets Beautify formats your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files using js-beautify Git provides git support Icons file icons for tree structure Snippets initiates … [Read more...] about 8 Essential Brackets by Adobe Plugins