Software installation - Mac
Install Homebrew
The first step is to install Homebrew, which is a software package manager that will help us install everything else we need.
- Go to the Homebrew website and read the installation instructions.
- To install, you will copy/paste a command from their webpage to your Terminal.
You can install everything else with Homebrew, from the command line.
Install Java
Install the Java Development Kit (JDK) (info).
brew install openjdk
Check that everything is installed properly. These commands will report the Java version.
javac -version
java -version
Install Geany
Install the Geany open source text editor (info).
brew install geany
Create a GitHub account
GitHub hosts code repositories for software projects. We will be using GitHub for sharing code.
Please make an account and email me your account name.
Install GitHub Desktop
GitHub Deskop is a desktop application that facilitates interacting with repositories on GitHub.
brew install github