ddenv

ddenv (Denis’ Developer Environment) is a tool for maintaining a local environment for development.

[!CAUTION] This software is a pre-alpha work in progress. Do not use just yet.

Requirements

• Homebrew
• fish shell

[!NOTE] In the future, this will work for bash and zsh as well.

Quick start

Install it: brew install denisdefreyne/ddenv/ddenv.

Next, create a ddenv.yaml file which contains the list of dependencies to manage:

up:
  - homebrew: overmind
  - ruby: 3.3.0
  - bundle
  - node: 20.12.2
  - npm

Lastly, run ddenv up.

% ddenv up
[✔] Installing Homebrew package overmind       done (previously achieved)
[✔] Installing Homebrew package ruby-install   done (previously achieved)
[✔] Installing Ruby v3.3.0                     done (previously achieved)
[✔] Initializing Shadowenv                     done (previously achieved)
[✔] Creating .shadowenv.d                      done (previously achieved)
[✔] Adding .shadowenv.d to .gitignore          done (previously achieved)
[✔] Trusting .shadowenv.d                      done (previously achieved)
[✔] Adding Ruby to shadowenv                   done (previously achieved)
[✔] Installing Ruby gem bundler                done (previously achieved)
[✔] Installing bundle                          done (previously achieved)
[✔] Installing Homebrew package node-build     done (previously achieved)
[✔] Installing Node v20.12.2                   done (previously achieved)
[✔] Adding Node to shadowenv                   done (previously achieved)
[✔] Installing npm packages                    done (previously achieved)
%

Now your local developer environment is ready to be used.

Goals

• homebrew: PACKAGENAME installs the Homebrew package with the given name.
• ruby installs Ruby (with the version specified in the .ruby-version file).
• bundle runs bundle install.
• node: VERSION installs the give Node.js version.
• npm installs packages from package.json using npm.