In this chapter, we will be installing tools, customizing and setting our development workarea on a Mac for developing applications on all devices. We will be installing tools such as integrated development environment (IDE), Git, node.js, npm, Grunt, Gulp, Bower, and Xcode.
These tools are not only necessary so we can hit the ground running in the following chapters, but having access to node.js, Grunt, Gulp, Bower, and Git will also give us access to millions of free open source libraries. Keep in mind that each tool we will discuss in this chapter has many features and can be used in many different ways—in fact, ...
