In this tutorial, I will go over how to install and setup my favorite editor: Spacemacs. Spacemacs is a great editor that combines the best of Emacs and Vim. Spacemacs can be configured to be as heavyweight and featured as an IDE, a lightweight text editor, and everything in between. When I first discovered Spacemacs, I struggled to find resources on customization. This post explains why I use Spacemacs as well as provide installation instructions with my configuration on macOS Catalina.