Setup New Mac for noob brew or what?

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I bought a Mac and come from a Ubuntu / Debian or win background. What / how do I install Dev tools, git, python, nose, npm etc using best practice and without building from source?Home brew or macports?Vscode work ok on the m1?It&rsquo;s an m1 chip so wanting to go native as far as possible, and don&rsquo;t have to load esoteric sdk, java etc as I think I can skip or shell into my Ubuntu.Your best practices to ensure a malware and safe dev environment also useful!Thank you

mtmail · Accepted Answer

Homebrew can install them, even Libreoffice, Virtualbox, Slack and other GUI tools you may need. Once a month I run 'brew outdated' and 'brew upgrade'.

robthebrew · Answer

home-brew is native (as are many but not all packages). I don't know about macports. What I do recommend is not mixing the 2. Install Xcode (or at least the CLI tools). Python is included in the OS, as is Perl (if you are old school).