Guardian Developer Tools

Usage

First, add the tap:

brew tap guardian/homebrew-devtools

Then, install the casks and formulae.

At a minimum, you should install gu-base:

brew install gu-base

What is it?

A collection of core developer tools used at the Guardian, wrapped up in a homebrew tap.

There are numerous casks and formulae available.

What is it not?

An opinionated list of tools or apps.

There are many ways to manage Node (nvm, fnm, asdf, etc.) or Java (coursier, sdkman, asdf etc.). Similarly, there multiple browsers one can use (Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, etc.).

For this reason, rather than being prescriptive, we leave the choice up to the user.

💡 It is recommended to install applications using brew as you can then create a Brewfile that can be checked into VCS, making it easier to set up a new machine. More information about this can be found here.

For example, to install IntelliJ, VS Code and Google Chrome, one can do:

brew install --cask intellij-idea
brew install --cask visual-studio-code
brew install --cask google-chrome