downloads

It will take lengthy time to download and install below softwares, especially over slow network.

Please download and install them in advance.

mac

• iTerm2 (opens new window)
• Brew (opens new window)

brew install git tig tree vim tmux

• Xcode (opens new window) (via Mac App Store)
• VM (optional, see below in windows)

windows

• VM
  • VirtualBox (opens new window)
  • PureOS ISO (opens new window)
  • install Rust and IDE (Android Studio) in VM (see below)
• Git SCM (opens new window)
• Cygwin (opens new window)
  • apt-cyg (opens new window)

apt-cyg install git tig tree vim tmux

• ConEmu (opens new window)

gnu/linux (or PureOS inside VM)

• Terminator (opens new window)

sudo apt install git tig tree vim tmux

common softwares across all systems

For mac, download and install below in native system. (optional in PureOS VM guest to try out gnu/linux)

For windows, install below in PureOS MV guest, also in native windows if disk space allowed.

• Rust
  • rustup (opens new window)
  • mdbook (opens new window)

cargo install mdbook

• IDE

  • Toolbox App (opens new window)
  • IntelliJ IDEA (opens new window)
    • IntelliJ Rust (opens new window)
  • Android Studio (opens new window)
  • Atom (opens new window)

• Browsers:

  • Firefox (opens new window)
  • Chromiumn (opens new window)
  • Brave (opens new window)

operating system difference

We will mainly focus on POSIX (opens new window) environment, mac and PureOS (in VM) share lots of similarity in this regard for shell commands.

While mac has Xcode to build Local Native iOS app, windows has to deal with Registry Editor to make Local Native web extension work.