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Tweak Your Mac Terminal

Command Line macOS

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Authors:
  1. Daniel Platt

    1. Andover, UK

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  • Bypass the limitations of Apple's GUI
  • Harness the power of UNIX to take your work further
  • Program and develop basic web apps in the command line

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Getting Started

    • Daniel Platt
    Pages 1-18

  3. Terminal Basics

    • Daniel Platt
    Pages 19-99

  4. macOS Built-in Commands

    • Daniel Platt
    Pages 101-221

  5. Installing Commands Using Brew

    • Daniel Platt
    Pages 223-304

  6. Shell Scripting Basics

    • Daniel Platt
    Pages 305-339

  7. PHP

    • Daniel Platt
    Pages 341-403

  8. Version Control

    • Daniel Platt
    Pages 405-446

  9. Web Development

    • Daniel Platt
    Pages 447-478

  10. Going Further

    • Daniel Platt
    Pages 479-524

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 525-535
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About this book

Look beyond the basics of Mac programming and development to become a Mac power user. When most people think about the Mac, they think about the amazing graphical user interface macOS is known for. However, there is a whole world to explore beneath the hood. This book approaches working directly in the terminal with fun projects and ideas to help turn you into an advanced Mac user. 

You'll work with Brew (HomeBrew), which gives you the ability to install applications from Linux (and Unix) that can make the terminal more useful. This is important, because a lot of applications have been stripped out of macOS or deprecated. For example, Apple's built-in PHP is usually a major release behind. You'll also customize your terminal to change everything about it, making it your own. The whole world is about personalizing. Why put up with the Apple defaults?  


Once you have your terminal set up and ready to rock, you'll review the basics of programming on the Mac terminal. This will allow you to get a taste of power scripting. You'll discover the power of bash, PHP, and Python.  And then you'll apply those tools to web development. 

Tweak Your Mac Terminal takes you on a journey into a world of the terminal and its hidden applications. 




What You'll Learn

  • Customize the terminal to make it perfect for your needs
  • Develop web applications using basic coding skills in the terminal
  • Install HomeBrew and by extension Linux and Unix applications



Who This Book Is For
Mac users who are already very familiar with the GUI and want to go further. This book will especially help starting IT professionals and beginning programmers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Andover, UK

    Daniel Platt

About the author

​Daniel Platt is a software developer and system admin. Much of his time is spent writing code and setting up computers. He is a Senior Software Engineer at Comparison Technologies Ltd. and has spent a lifetime working with computers keeping on the bleeding edge of technology.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tweak Your Mac Terminal

  • Book Subtitle: Command Line macOS

  • Authors: Daniel Platt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6171-2

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Daniel Platt 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-6170-5Published: 21 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-6171-2Published: 20 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 535

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 180 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Apple and iOS

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