Using The Latest Configs

I'm managing my most up to date configurations with GNU stow and will be removing my old configs soon. First clone the repository (into your home directory) and install GNU stow. You can then cd into the directory (cd ~/dev-environment-files/) and then run stow [name-of-config]. For example, to use my latest neovim configuration you would do stow nvim.

My Dev Environment Files 🚀

IMPORTANT: These are primarily meant for inspiration. I wouldn't just blindly use them. Proceed at your own risk!

📹 Youtube Playlist With Detailed Walkthroughs on My Setup: 💻 My Dev Environment & Workflow

Terminal Setup

After recommendations from you guys, I've swapped out Alacritty for WezTerm! Everything is the same except the Alacritty config file, you can swap it out with this ~/.wezterm.lua file and everything should look and work very similar to Alacritty!

🏼 ✍Blog Post Step-by-Step Guide: How To Make Your Boring Mac Terminal Amazing With Alacritty

📹 Youtube Guide: How To Make Your Boring Mac Terminal Amazing With Alacritty

You'll also need to install extra cli tools as described in this blog post and video:

✍🏼 Blog Post : 7 Amazing CLI Tools You Won't Be Able To Live Without

📹 Youtube Video: 7 Amazing CLI Tools You Won't Be Able To Live Without

• fzf
• fd
• fzf-git
• bat
• delta
• eza
• tldr
• thefuck

Relevant Files

• .zshrc - Zsh Shell Configuration
• coolnight.toml - Alacritty Color Scheme

Tmux Setup

✍🏼 Blog Post: How To Use and Configure Tmux Alongside Neovim

📹 Youtube Guide: How I Setup And Use Tmux Alongside Neovim for an Awesome Dev Workflow

Relevant Files

• .tmux.conf - Tmux Configuration File

Yabai Tiling Window Manager Setup

✍🏼 Blog Post: How To Setup And Use The Yabai Tiling Window Manager On Mac

📹 Youtube Guide: How To Setup And Use The Yabai Tiling Window Manager On Mac

Relevant Files

• .config/yabai/yabairc
• .config/skhd/skhdrc

Aerospace Tiling Window Manager Setup

✍🏼 Blog Post: How To Setup And Use The Aerospace Tiling Window Manager On macOS

📹 Youtube Guide: How To Setup And Use The Aerospace Tiling Window Manager On macOS

Relevant Files

• .config/aerospace/aerospace.toml

Sketchybar Custom Menu Bar Setup

✍🏼 Blog Post: How To Make An Amazing Custom Menu Bar For Your Mac With Sketchybar

📹 Youtube Guide: How To Make An Amazing Custom Menu Bar For Your Mac With Sketchybar

Setup Requires

• sketchybar: brew tap FelixKratz/formulae and brew install sketchybar
• jq (json command line processor): brew install jq
• SF Pro Font: brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts and brew install font-sf-pro
• SF Symbols: brew install --cask sf-symbols:
• Sketchybar App Font:

`curl -L https://github.com/kvndrsslr/sketchybar-app-font/releases/download/v1.0.16/sketchybar-app-font.ttf -o $HOME/Library/Fonts/sketchybar-app-font.ttf`

Relevant Files

• .config/sketchybar

Neovim Setup

Important: This is my latest config with lazy.nvim. It is similar, but not the same as my original packer setup.

If you are coming from my full neovim setup video with packer, that config is found here: Packer Config

✍🏼 Blog Post: How I Setup Neovim On My Mac To Make It AMAZING In 2024 📹 Complete Neovim Setup Guide: How I Setup Neovim On My Mac To Make It AMAZING In 2024

If you clone the repo into your machine and use the config by copying .config/nvim to your home folder, wait for the plugins, language servers and parsers to install with lazy.nvim, Mason and nvim-treesitter. If you are opening a lua file or another file I have language servers configured for, like html, css or javascript/typescript, you might also get an error saying that the server failed to start. This is because Mason hasn't installed it yet. Press enter to continue, Mason will automatically install it.

Relevant Files

• .config/nvim

Setup Requires

• True Color Terminal Like: iTerm2
• Neovim (Version 0.9 or Later)
• Nerd Font - I use Meslo Nerd Font
• Ripgrep - For Telescope Fuzzy Finder
• XCode Command Line Tools
• If working with typescript/javascript and the typescript language server like me. You might need to install node/npm.

If you're on mac, like me, you can install iTerm2, Neovim, Meslo Nerd Font, Ripgrep and Node with homebrew.

iTerm2:

brew install --cask iterm2

Nerd font:

brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts
brew install font-meslo-lg-nerd-font

Neovim:

brew install neovim

Ripgrep:

brew install ripgrep

Node/Npm:

brew install node

For XCode Command Line Tools do:

xcode-select --install

Plugins

Plugin Manager

• folke/lazy.nvim - Amazing plugin manager

Dependency For Other Plugins

• nvim-lua/plenary - Useful lua functions other plugins use

Preferred Colorscheme

• folke/tokyonight.nvim - tokyonight colorscheme (I modified some colors it in config)

Navigating Between Neovim Windows and Tmux

• christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator - navigate b/w nvim splits & tmux panes with CTRL+h,j,k,l

Essentials

• kylechui/nvim-surround - manipulate surroundings with "ys", "ds", and "cs"
• gbprod/substitute.nvim - replace things with register with "s" and "S"

Navigating Quickly

• folke/flash.nvim - jump anywhere visible very quickly with minimal keystrokes

File Explorer

• nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua

VS Code Like Icons

• kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons

Neovim Greeter

• goolord/alpha-nvim -- neovim greeter on startup

Auto Sessions

• rmagatti/auto-session - auto save neovim sessions/restore with keymap

Statusline

• nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim - Better statusline

Bufferline

• akinsho/bufferline.nvim - Better looking tabs

Keymap Suggestions

• folke/which-key.nvim - Get suggested keymaps as you type

Fuzzy Finder

• nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim - Dependency for better performance
• nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim - Fuzzy Finder
• stevearc/dressing.nvim - select/input ui improvement

Autocompletion

• hrsh7th/nvim-cmp - Completion plugin
• hrsh7th/cmp-buffer - Completion source for text in current buffer
• hrsh7th/cmp-path - Completion source for file system paths
• onsails/lspkind.nvim - Vs Code Like Icons for autocompletion

Snippets

• L3MON4D3/LuaSnip - Snippet engine
• rafamadriz/friendly-snippets - Useful snippets for different languages
• saadparwaiz1/cmp_luasnip - Completion source for snippet autocomplete

Managing & Installing Language Servers, Linters & Formatters

• williamboman/mason.nvim - Install language servers, formatters and linters

LSP Configuration

• williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim - Bridges gap b/w mason & lspconfig
• neovim/nvim-lspconfig - Easy way to configure lsp servers
• hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp - Smart code autocompletion with lsp

Trouble.nvim

• folke/trouble.nvim - nice way to see diagnostics and other stuff

Formatting & Linting

• stevearc/conform.nvim - Easy way to configure formatters
• mfussenegger/nvim-lint - Easy way to configure linters
• WhoIsSethDaniel/mason-tool-installer.nvim - Auto install linters & formatters on startup

Comments

• numToStr/Comment.nvim - toggle comments with "gc"
• JoosepAlviste/nvim-ts-context-commentstring - Requires treesitter
• folke/todo-comments.nvim - highlight/search for comments like todo/hack/bug

Treesitter Syntax Highlighting, Autoclosing & Text Objects

• nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter - Treesitter configuration
• nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects - Treesitter configuration
• windwp/nvim-autopairs - Autoclose brackets, parens, quotes, etc...
• windwp/nvim-ts-autotag - Autoclose tags

Indent Guides

• lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim - Indent guides with treesitter integration

Git

• lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim - Show modifications on left hand side and interact with git hunks
• kdheepak/lazygit.nvim - Use lazygit within Neovim