Weblogic 9.1 on OS X

I’ve had WLS 8.1 running on my PowerBook lately, using the tips posted Rod Chavez. That installation required some tweaking to get it to work properly.

Since my current project will probably move to a WLS 9 before going into production, I would like to get WLS9 running on my PowerBook (although I use the client supplied Wintel box for onsite development), the opportunity to work while waiting for the delayed flight home is quite appealing.

After some digging it seams like the installer is quite OS agnostic, and I takes a os argument when running the installer. The tip here is to use the switch ‘-Dos.name=unix’.

java -Dos.name=unix -jar server910_generic.jar

installer stating

done installing

quickstart

run

/BEA_HOME/weblogic1/common/bin/conf.py

to start the config wizard.

note, running WLS is not “officially” supported by BEA. But in my experience it works like a charm..

March 28, 2006 | Filed Under java, mac osx

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OS X “musthave” software

This post is mostly for my own recognition, but it might interest some of my readers (potential OS X switchers come to mind).

I will try to list the “must-have” applications on your fresh OS X, it’s been a while since switched (although I still use various Linux distros regulary).

Here goes

  • Adium – Good IM client, supports alot of protocols. (nice integration with growl to)
  • Backup – Apples backup software, quite good. I use this for daily/weekly backups to a external hard-drive
  • Bluephone Elite – Combined with Growl, displays caller id. mutes itunes, dial directly from the app.. Well worth the bucks
  • Chicken of the VNC – VNC Client
  • Cocoamysql – MySQL frontend, used in conjunction with the tools availible from mysql.com
  • Fink – Install/manage installations (kind of like APT)
  • Fugu – SCP client
  • Growl – Global notification system, I have several plugins activated (mail, itunes etc)
  • Keynote – Apple’s version of powerpoint, presentation tool done right!
  • NetNewsWire – Great RSS client, I use it in conjunction with Bloglines (yes, it supports fetching of your bloglines subscription). I keep all my subcriptions at Bloglines, that way I always have updated subscriptions.
  • Omnigraffle – Nice tool (allot like MS Visio), good for the occasional non-UML diagram (like org. charts etc)
  • Pathfinder – Finder replacement, filemanagement done right.. well worth the bucks!
  • Remote Desktop Connection – Connect to MS terminal servers
  • Salling Clicker – Bluetooth remote tool, very handy for controling keynotes
  • skEdit – A good html-editor
  • Stuffit (For extracting files, mostly the occasionaly .sit file)
  • SubEthaEdit – My texteditor of choice, also incorporates nice colaboration features.
  • Transmit – Ftp client, really good
  • Virtue – Virtual Desktop manager
  • VLC – All purpose media-playerDevtools such as IDE’s, app-servers and such are left out.. :) I believe my readers will know what and were to get them.. And I have probably missed some software.

    • March 27, 2006 | Filed Under mac osx

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    Java related podcasts

    Guess this is old news for most of the readers, but I will try to summarize the java-related podcast available out there…

    JavaPosse
    This is the No.1 in my book, frequent updates (most often more than one podcast a week), interesting topics (weekly newscast, in depth interviews, and listeners feedback) combined with terrific hosts (Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Dick Wall and Joel Nuxoll). The weekly newscast is brilliant in my opinion, summarizing the important news items (and blogposts) regarding Java-technology.

    ZDot
    Tim Shadel is the author of this podcast; it is an extension of his blog. It’s been around since February 2005, and the topics vary a bit. Most notable are the series on JSF with the genius name “JSF: The 7-Layer Burrito I Won’t Eat Again”. The update frequency seems to be not that frequent, but go ahead and listen through the archives.

    DrunkAndRetired
    Strange name, but good contents in this podcast. I am still catching up with their content.

    Swampcast
    The Swampcast podcast seem to focus on interviews with java-related persons (like Bruce Eckel).

    March 23, 2006 | Filed Under java

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    Task-application for small teams?

    I am looking for a simple application to track task in a small team environment, the requirements are quite simple.

    Nothing fancy really, and I could probably roll my own pretty fast (by example leveraging appfuse or equinox), but I rather reuse some existing piece of software.

    Any suggestions??

    March 23, 2006 | Filed Under general

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    Learning from OSS projects?

    The O’Reilly website onlamp.com has a really interesting article out about what “corporate” projects can learn from open source dittos, I found the article really interesting and there are allot of recognition-points in there. Worth reading, and I immediately ordered the book which the article reefers to.

    It all boils down to five important point, namely.

  • Tell the truth all the time
  • Trust the team
  • Review everything, test everything
  • All developers are created equal
  • The fastest way through the project is to do it right

    I know I will try to integrate more of the tips into my projects, and definitely try to stand up against the “management” more.

    The article

    March 2, 2006 | Filed Under general

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    A couple of OS X updates

    Apple has addressed the recent well-publicized security issues involving Safari, it also includes changes to Mail, iChat, and the LaunchServices. Information straight from the releasenotes..
    For Mac OS X 10.3.9 and Mac OS X 10.4.5.

    Recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:

  • apache_mod_php
  • automount
  • Bom
  • Directory Services
  • iChat
  • IPSec
  • LaunchServices
  • LibSystem
  • loginwindow
  • Mail
  • rsync
  • Safari
  • Syndication

    For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798

    • iTunes 6.0.4

    With iTunes 6, you can preview, buy, and download over 3,000 music videos and hit TV shows on the iTunes Music Store and sync your music and purchased videos with iPod to enjoy on the go. To watch purchased videos, you must have QuickTime 7.0.3 or later and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.

    iTunes 6.0.4 addresses stability and performance issues related to Front Row.

    Note: After purchasing music from the iTunes Music Store with iTunes 6 or later, you will also need to upgrade your other computers that purchase music from the iTunes Music Store to the latest version of iTunes.

    iPhoto Update 6.0.2

    iPhoto 6.0.2 resolves several minor issues with playing shared slideshows in Front Row.

    Front Row 1.2.1

    This Front Row update improves compatibility with iTunes and iPhoto sharing.

    March 2, 2006 | Filed Under mac osx

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