New Machine Build

A new machine is a PITA. This makes it less, at least for me it does.

Overview

This repository contains scripts to automate the setup of a new development machine. It handles the installation of common development tools and applications using package managers:

• For macOS: Homebrew
• For Windows: Chocolatey

Usage

macOS

./NewMachineSetup.sh

This will:

1. Install Homebrew if not already installed
2. Install all packages and applications from Brewfile
3. Install Python packages from requirements.txt
4. Install Ruby gems from Gemfile

Windows

.\NewMachineSetup.ps1

This will:

1. Install Chocolatey if not already installed
2. Create a workspace directory
3. Install Windows features listed in features.txt
4. Install applications listed in chocolatey.config
5. Install Python packages from requirements.txt
6. Install Ruby gems from Gemfile

Customization

To customize the installations:

• Edit Brewfile for macOS Homebrew packages and applications
• Edit chocolatey.config for Windows applications
• Edit features.txt for Windows features
• Edit requirements.txt for Python packages
• Edit Gemfile for Ruby gems

Brewfile

The Brewfile uses Homebrew Bundle, a feature that allows you to specify all your desired packages, casks, and even Mac App Store applications in a single file.

To manually install from the Brewfile:

brew bundle

Chocolatey Config

The chocolatey.config is an XML file that defines all the Windows packages to install. It follows the Chocolatey package configuration format.

To manually install from the Chocolatey config:

choco install chocolatey.config

Contributing

As this is my personal set up I will not be accepting package PR's. I'm sorry, but I'm not installing things I don't need. You can fork it though.