Also Using HomeBrew for PHP and MySQL

...following this here guide:

http://blog.stevenlu.com/2012/10/12/moving-away-from-mamp-and-into-homebrew/

HOWEVER, the command I used was:

brew install php53 --with-mysql

(didn't install the PostgreSQL extensions, as that seems to be a problem with Mavericks...?)

...and then:

http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/set-amp-osx-10-9-mavericks-homebrew/

An excellent guide to HomeBrew

Well I am doing it again, trying yet another means of installing an AMP stack on my Mac.

I've decided to try using HomeBrew, which folks seem to enjoy.

So far so good, following this handy guide:

http://www.moncefbelyamani.com/how-to-install-xcode-homebrew-git-rvm-ruby-on-mac/

Finally Learning Git!

I admit it.  I have never taken the time to learn Git!

Time to rectify this shortcoming!

Looking at the following for guidance:

• http://drupalcity.de/session/staging-and-integration-git-and-drush
• http://barcelona2012.drupaldays.org/sessions/staging-git-and-drush
• https://drupal.org/node/803746

For starters, though, I am going through this tutorial to set up a remote development environment:

• http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-on-the-Server-Setting-Up-the-Server
• https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys

Some tips on running WordPress locally on Mavericks

http://soderlind.no/running-wordpress-locally-on-mac-os-x-lion/

The key for me was this tidbit:

Added the following to /Users//Sites/wordpress/wp-config.php:
define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

Installing Compass on Mac OSX

http://compass-style.org/install/

OSX Server Permissions

I found this quite enlightening:

http://francoisdeschenes.com/2013/02/26/enable-write-permissions-for-apache-built-into-mac-os-x

However, it caused me some grief, so I found this advice, which has done me good:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8035939/write-privileges-localhost-mac-osx

Installing Drush on OSX Mavericks, using Homebrew

...couldn't be easier!

http://www.echoditto.com/blog/three-ways-get-drush-os-x

http://brew.sh/

Installing a full AMP stack on OSX Mavericks

I found this brief tutorial to be very clear, and very helpful:

http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/get-apache-mysql-php-phpmyadmin-working-osx-10-9-mavericks/

Afterwards, I found these two little guides quite handy:

http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/install-mcrypt-php-mac-osx-10-9-mavericks-development-server/

http://forum.piwik.org/read.php?2,104553

Favorite Drupal 7 Modules

Thought I'd jot down a list of my go-to contributed modules for Drupal 7, if only for posterity.  These seem to be the ones I install time and time again.  When I finally get around to building my own make file, these modules will definitely be in it!

• Views (of course!)
• Views Bulk Operations
• Context (which I generally prefer over Panels)
• Nice Menus
• CKEditor
• IMCE (to facilitate image uploads & inserts into content)
• Login Toboggan
• Honeypot
• CiviCRM (but starting to look into RedHen)
• Theme Key
• Commerce
• Geolocation
• Geolocation Views
  

I am moving towards experimenting with 

• Geofield (and GeoPHP)
• Geocoder
• Address Field
• Geocoder Autocomplete
• OpenLayers (and proj4js)