echoing others I suppose, but I'll also recommend running a Linux VM as your dev environment. at my dayjob I'm using an iMac and managing my virtual machines u

echoing others I suppose, but I'll also recommend running a Linux VM as your dev environment. at my dayjob I'm using an iMac and managing my virtual machines using Vagrant which loads an image of an Ubuntu Linux machine (same distro as used on our production servers). its a convenient setup in several ways. This keeps my dev environment a close match to the prod environment, and it lets me install packages quickly and easily for development using the usual Linux tools. I also get to continue using the superb desktop interface that OSX provides.