Drush is an amazing tool for managing nearly all aspects of a Drupal site and my latest trick is using Drush to pull in all of my favorite modules for a new build. There are plenty of ways to get modules downloaded to a project, but Drush's make command is a clean and powerful tool for the job.
Drush
7/30/2013
One of the most useful tools for developing and managing Drupal sites is the drush command-line utility and one of the most common rigs for Drupal development is the pre-configured MAMP stack. Unfortunately this doesn't work right out of the box so before you go futzing-around trying to get it to work, let me show you the easy way.