Open the App Store

In the search bar type Xcode. Install and open it.

Open the Preferences menu and click the Downloads tab. Then install the Command Line Tools.

We'll use the Terminal application to install most of our tools. The Terminal is the text-based interface on your Mac. It may feel a bit awkward at first after years of relying on a GUI interface, but the more you use the terminal the more efficiently you can get things done.

You can open a new Terminal by searching with Spotlight. Hit Command and Spacebar. Then type Terminal in the search bar.

You can also find it in the your Utilities folder. Applications Utilities

You'll use Terminal everyday in class, so make sure to add it to your dock for easy access.