Jared Nielsen
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My preferred development environment is Linux and my preferred approach to upgrading my distro is a clean install. This means with each upgrade I need to reinstall all of my tools. This article is primarily a reference for myself as this is something I’ve done before and will definitely do again. I hope you also find it useful.
Git
Perhaps most important is version-control. Being Linux, it’s a one-liner.
sudo apt install git-all
Then generate your keys and add them to GitHub:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"
Follow the prompts, then run:
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
IDE
Atom
All the cool kids are using VSCode, but Atom is still my favorite. You can’t teach an old dev new tricks.
- https://atom.io/
- Download the .deb
Alternatively, you can install it from the command line following the instructions here
VSCode
https://code.visualstudio.com/Download
Node.js
You’ll want to download the latest version of Node. The command you then run will be similar to the following:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
The terminal will prompt you to run the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Optionally, install
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
MySQL
Installing MySQL on Linux is a breeze, but I always get the same permission error, so I added the solution below.
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
service mysql start
If you get ERROR 1698 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost':
sudo mysql -u root
mysql> USE mysql;
mysql> UPDATE user SET plugin='mysql_native_password' WHERE User='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit;
service mysql restart
OR create a new user:
sudo mysql -u root
mysql> USE mysql;
mysql> CREATE USER 'YOUR_SYSTEM_USER'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'YOUR_SYSTEM_USER'@'localhost';
mysql> UPDATE user SET plugin='auth_socket' WHERE User='YOUR_SYSTEM_USER';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit;
service mysql restart
MySQL GUI
I generally prefer the command prompt when working with databases, but sometimes a GUI is helpful.
Workbench
It’s buggy in different ways on every platform, but still widely used. Download Workbench here.
You will be prompted for your Linux distro. To see it, run the following:
lsb_release -a
That might not be helpful if you’re using a derivative distro like Mint, so try:
cat /etc/*release
DBeaver
Alternatively, try DBeaver
MongoDB
Installing MongoDB via .deb packages is also easy. The following commands are current at the time of this writing (2019/01), but you may want to consult the documentation for changes or instructions for your specific distribution:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 9DA31620334BD75D9DCB49F368818C72E52529D4
echo "deb [ arch=amd64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.0.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
Then run:
sudo service mongod start
Mongo GUI
Robot3T
Bonus
Other tools I find useful and necessary, but aren’t necessarily web development:
Slack
https://slack.com/downloads/linux
Chrome
I prefer Firefox which ships with Mint, but gotta have this, too
https://www.google.com/chrome/
Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux
I often find myself needing to do minor photo or graphics work. Inkscape and GIMP are great (and free) Adobe alternatives.
Inkscape
sudo apt-get install inkscape
GIMP
Ships with Mint, but if your distro doesn’t include it:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gimp
(Re)Sources
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