How I Set Up A New Laptop For Development 

Insomnia is indeed the EM approved choice for API testing!

Since you like to automate everything as much as you can... Here is how you can reduce an entire day of work to setup your environment to 5 minutes or less: 1. Save all your dotfiles and config files in a git repository with your installation script. 2. Create a bash script to install everything you need with just one command like... ./install.sh for example. You can automate pretty much anything just by using the package manager and bash commands like curl, wget, git clone, unzip, tar, make... Whatever you need. For example: To install homebrew automatically, have this line of code in your install.sh script: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" And if you needed to install neovim with homebrew (I know it kinda changed now, just an example) You would have this line under the homebrew installation on the install.sh script: brew install neovim You can even have the install script creating your ssh key and since you are into web scraping so much, you can write a python script to add that key to your github automatically and the bash script will call that. 3. After you installed everything, have the ./install.sh script put the config and dotfiles in the appropriate directories just by using cp command. Now, just a recommendation about your tools. 1. Install Qutebrowser, keep Chrome around just for the web scraping. Qutebrowser is a web browser with vim-like commands, it's keyboard centric and it's developed in python, so you can change the config using python. 2. At least in my experience, kite sucks for Vim, it's super slow, so I just use YCM plugin for vim whenever I use it.

The part about setting up Git brought me comfort 😂 I always forget things if I don't do them often... but it makes me question my competence as a dev when I forget, so thanks haha 😆

Im saving this to my playlist for when i get my laptop!! Yayyyyyy

His is the best intro of all other youtubers

You should look into automating the setup process by creating dotfiles/scripts :)

In my opinion, this is the most rare advice for programmers, very helpful

you forgot Spotify in the environment section 😜

omg what timing. I literally set up my ubuntu today on my laptop and it took 6 hours and after finishing I open youtube and see this 😂

I've done this so many times and I had enough. I try to never to have to do this again. Since using Macs for years now, I never had to setup environment again. 1) time machine backup 2) time machine restore on new machine 3) done. Sadly this won't work for M1, but have worked for me for the last 6 years. Even from Macbook pro to a AMD Ryzen hackintosh. Or even better, Nix-like OS where you can describe OS state by config files, you can just apply your latest state, and boom. Done.

Stuff I install in a new Windows notebook 1. Chrome 2. R & RStudio (used to have to install MikTex and Pandoc, but I think RStudio includes them now) 3. VS Code & Windows Terminal (VS Code add ins for Python , R and PostgreSQL) 4. Python 5. Windows Subs-system for Linux #2 (WSL 2) with Ubuntu 4. Docker for Windows (like its new integration with WSL 2) 5. LibreOffice (I like LibreOffice Base, even though the current transition to FireBird is painful) 6. Git for Windows desktop 7. Acrobat Reader (to read / print all the PDFs) 8. SQLite (Good single user SQL database without sys admin overhead) 9. Notepad ++ & Gedit (Notepad ++ because I like its color syntax highlighting and printing and Gedit because it is similar to Ubuntu/Gnome editor) 10. PostgreSQL & PgAdmin (although I may use Docker versions in future) 11. Slack and Signal (Slack because it is popular and Signal for encrypted SMS) 12. QGIS Used to use NetBeans and Java, no need anymore

Kalle saying this takes a long time to install. Me: installs everything in one command using the aur.

As some others said, you should look into dotfiles to setup all your configs and installs with just a shell script. I have made scripts for all my basic installs on a new machine. Here is a vague list of what i usually do: 1. Install basic terminal tools: vim, git, tree, bat, ... 2. Install ZSH and set up theme, aliases, neovim, aliases, plugins. 3. Set up github ssh keys. 4. Install code editor (atom, vscode) 5. Setup all my dotfiles, configs for these apps / programs. 6. And then all other programming environments that I use

Very Helpful👍👍

Great video man. Love your content every time.

This is like the first time I'm watching a RU-vid video that was uploaded like hours ago. :)

Everyone's hobby = watch RU-vid Me = watch Kalle's videos

I just love His Intro. It's amazing.

THANK YOU. my M1 Macbook hopefully arrives on Wednesday. Good that I saw your video.

Things I do to set up a new machine: 1) Firefox is my browser of choice, so I install that and log in to my Firefox account as well as the Lastpass extension. This always goes first so that it's easier to log in to all of my accounts. 2) Log in to all the web apps. Notion, GSuite, Github, Overleaf, etc. 3) Log in to web clients for chat apps. I use Google Messages for SMS and WhatsApp for IM over IP, both of which have nice web clients where you just scan a QR code to pair your phone. 4) On Windows, I install Ubuntu in WSL2, along with any packages that I'm using right away (IP tools, updated Python3, pipenv, etc.) 5) Local apps I use all the time. Spotify, Matlab, Slack, and now Zoom.

Great timing. Recently received MacBook Pro 16" 2019 from my company. Earlier I had a 2014 MacBook Pro 15".

Hey Kalle! Loved the video. I would love to see more of project-based content, similar to the one where you built an entire app using Flutter and a Python back-end. I learnt a lot from that particular series of videos and so more of that type of content is always welcome to me. Thanks!

I’m a DevOps engineer so this may not apply to other developers. I do most things at the command line. So I finally but the bullet and made a Dockerfile for my work environment. For everything else there is `brew bundle --global dump` to create `~/.Brewfile`. I also suggest the `mas` brew formula at that your Mac App Store installs are managed via Homebrew.

Kalle, have you ever thought about delving into configuration management tools such as Ansible? I recently converted my windows pc to run Debian and I was able to automate the setup of it via Ansible. The setup included downloading tools such as VSCode, VMWare Workstation, Wireshark, etc as well as things like chrome and Spotify. Automating it would make for a really cool video and may save you some time in the future

Great video. I setup my machines a similar way and I also like to setup iTerm with oh-my-zsh, powerlines, plugins, and aliases. I'm a web dev so I usually have an alias called 'UI' and one called 'API' that takes me directly to whatever current project I'm working on. Anyways, thanks for sharing!

You could improve your workflow a lot by installing zsh shell, oh-my-zsh plus some plugins (like autosuggestions, syntax highlighting, fzf - a wonderful fuzzy finder, git completion and vi-mode - to use vim key bindings in terminal). You'll write less, do more and surely have much more fun with the terminal

It's good to see u come back... Like you are.

I am a parrot os user because i am a student so exploring everything and its pretty well for a student because it is ready with eveything.... it just needs an apt update and upgrade and is ready to use

Also a subscriber from last 5 months

This makes me want to reset my laptop nd start all over again

Your intro is just the fucking best. Best vibe ever.

Chrome is not a must anymore since the chromium package has been used a lot in other browsers, so you can have the same experience chrome gives you (devtools, extensions, chrome web store, and web development compatibility) in a browser with other exclusive features - i think you should try Vivaldi (the best one in my opinion, w/ A LOT of features), or Brave, which offers security and its pretty fast also... Or u can try the new MS Edge

That was fast you switched from Linux to OSX again.

Your content is always to the point ❣️

Going to the site and dowmload IS the old fashioned way. Mac OS and Windows are so far behind in this regard, with having no native package manger

Love the new video! Super cool, keep up the good work!

Your timing could not be better. I just ordered a new laptop!

Hi, indeed it is headache to setup new PC. Why don't you automate installation process homebrew and mas? You already love to automate things. add home brew installation in above line then install xcode cli using xcode-select --install which makes everything easier to install required software like chrome, vs code, sublime etc. Install you configuration files also while installing these application so you don't have to set it manually like keyboard shortcuts and stuff like that. If you need my help to create, I'll show you because it takes a lot time to create perfect automation script for new setup and keep it up with these videos and I'm loving it.

I came here for his voice and brain ! Such a voice man !

Firefox provides container logins, which is really useful when switching between saying the dev and prod aws accounts that might be set up, or multiple gmail account from within the same window :)

you could automate this whole process :)

Thanks alweys i watch ur staff its very delightful 👏

I literally bought a new laptop so this is pretty handy hahaha :))

Useful VS Code Extensions - Bracket Pair Colorizer 2 - GitLens - Visual Studio IntelliCode - vscode-icons

I don’t know about anyone else, but I recently got into tmux + vim as a potential IDE replacement for VSCode, and I’d love to see how you set up your nvim environment. The main trouble I’m having is setting up the visuals to be just right when using tmux, but I also love seeing others’ shortcuts/workflow. I’ve been using vim for years but I finally got enough time on my hands recently to dive into vim + tmux + vim plugins to replicate VSCode functionality. JS is my primary tech stack, so I’m also using stuff like TS, ESLint, React, Prettier, etc.

I really love your videos and its help me alot in my career

1. Install window manager -awesomewm 2. Install neovim and git 3. Checkout my dotfiles repo to autoconfigure everything 4. Install alacritty 5. Install Intellij for development (only for Java)

It's intro bgm is Dance to my tune I will comment this in his every upcoming video so everyone can get this song

Great clear explanation thank you .. Keep it going...💪🏾👽👌🏾

Can you make a video on tutorial of automating apps, websites, etc. Please I would love it

You should use Brave over Chrome as it blocks all unwanted ads means no RU-vid ads or any website ads, is about 2 times faster than chrome has developer options and you can earn BAT tokens by viewing Brave ads and can later convert into Bitcoins

Love your videos man! ;)

I come late, but it would be really useful to create a script that sets up your environment as you like automatically. You host it on GitHub and then, when you have to set up a new machine, you just have to install git manually and your script will do the rest for you

why are his videos getting less views nowadays, he deserves a lot more for the quality of content he provides.

you gonna miss the kali linux

Use docker, its a godsend. Not perfect but i really like when i don’t have to waste time installing dependencies for projects. Install Firefox too if you’re into web development but i don’t think you are.

1. Download Firefox and sign in to the sync account 2. Sign into 1Password via FF plugin

If you want productivity, use a window manager

iOS Dev: (main work) * Xcode * Sketch * Github Desktop * SF Symbols Android Dev (secondary work) * Android Studio Others: (hobby, programming etc.) * Chrome(for cross-platform browser test og websites, I use. Safari mainly) * Zoom * Slack * Discord * iWork(for personal office) * Office 365 (for work) * 1Password * iStats Menu * Pixelmator Pro * Telegram * Whatsapp * Rider (For unity) * Unity * Steam( Cs:go, Civ 6, Euro travk sim. 2) * Teamviewer * Amphetamine * Twitter * Airbuddy(for AirPods pro) * Trello

hey @kalle_hallden you can use kivy and kivymd just one run and you have created a window app, linux app, mac app, ios app and Android app

Hey kalle! Please do create some coding motivation videos

Great and helpful 👍🏽

Can you make a vid on setting up the init and plugins for nvim?!

Did you know about dotfiles? Is a popular way to set up an script to install all your stuff on a new machine, the people shared it on github for example, you can pick the configuration of some users if you want to.

have you tried using google maps with flutter, building an app like uber? That would be a great tutorial

i really love your content brou

Everytime i open these videos i get that annoying algoexpert ad

When he was talking about sublime text he was actually downloading visual studio code 🤣

Hey i'm also python and flutter dev ^^ I use git kraken as git gui to manage all my project and of course Trello too

You should use chromium, not chrome. Even marginal privacy improvements are better than none. Try to shift to Firefox and other open source stuff. Also vs code has an open source alternative without Microsoft telemetry

Kalle can you PLEASE make a very detailed video on how to setup flutter on Windows? I tried following other tutorials, but I constantly got into errors like error 69 or unable to connect to a server on some website to get Cupertino icons or something like that. (I don’t really remember exact error messages) I really wanted to get into app development using flutter, but I cannot do that right now. I would really appreciate it!

Is 13.3 inch panel really enough for mobile development? Or should I go for Mac mini + larger monitor setup?

I’m in new approach to remove everything exclude Docker, VSCode, Xcode & Android Studio for everything. Ulysses is for writing, Chrome and Firefox are for testing front end if needed. What do you think?

Instead of using vscode when you don't know what to do in vim you should use vim and look it up when you don't know something.

7:43 wtf is that indentation level my guy!!

Amazing video

i didnt had the need to switch my machine yet but just in case i keep a github repo containing the .config folder and a list of packages to feed to the package manager of choice. so basically my setup should take a few clicks here and there to get all the stuff done with minimum effort

You should write come code that would animate this process

kelle got everything

Do you download Mac apps from the websites or was it for B roll? Brew casks are great for apps.

The intro music gives me strong game show vibes

Good content thanks

I also install all the things that you shown except Insomnia, Apart from that I also install Sourcetree, intelliJ. Some really useful chrome extensions like ad block, grammarly, last pass, wapplyzer, color picker etc. Nice work Kalle 👏

Why don't you automate that setup part? It's pretty simple to do a script that download/install apps.

Hello bro... Tips:- write about the video in the thumbnail so new people will know what is the video about

WOW, set up my laptop 2 weeks ago :(

The reason why I use google chrome is because I love using my macbook as a heater during the winter months.

Can you make a video about setting up the virtual environment and making it work with python and vscode? On windows and Linux if possible. I'm just not finding beginner-level help when searching on how to set that stuff up.

my personal setup take me a full day as well and here are the steps 1- install the OS and update it (i use only linux and mainly fedora and ubuntu) 2- install compilers and language support tools and developments packages if needed and mainly they are GCC (C++), Go, Python, JDK (Java), Git, VIM, make and linux headers for VMware workstation 3- install Docker, Kubernetes (including minikube, calico, istio and knative), Terraform, Vagrant, VMware workstation and VirtualBox 4- install VS code and setup all the needed extensions including Git 5- install additional apps LibreOfficen, MPV media player ....

Automation is key here.

Please talk something about competitive programming

Using vim will make it so difficult to use other text editors or even IDEs without enabling vi mode in them if you can find out how to do it

you said "set everything up that I need to work with python" but it wasn't actually obvious what that means, can you elaborate?

Can you make a video for Selenium? I think it will be very interesting how you use it and for what reason

You should also try the magnet application

You look like Luka Modrić on that thumbanil :)

How sick would it be to be able to just buy a laptop for testing (even if you send it back afterwards). As a techhead that is niceee

I would do the following... Setup Python and install all the Frameworks or libraries I need Install IDEs I usually use (Pycharm, Atom, Rider, CLion) Setup my fav text editor Geany Install Java, C#, GNU C++ & setup everything Install the apps I use such as Telegram, Chromium, Zoom...etc Setup aliases on my Terminal

Nice videos content bro keep it up

Hey Kalle! If you like vim then try spacemacs or doom-emacs, both with evil mode. It has quite big entry treshold but it's worth it! BTW. Thanks for the Insomnia recommendation, I'll try it.