Application Generation - Mac

Railo and Resin for a New Website on a Mac in 5 Minutes

Wed, 27 May 2009 10:52:00 -0400

Until recently I've just been using Railo express on my Mac. I just decided to get set up properly and to configure Resin (the servlet container most people are currently using with Railo) and Apache configured correctly. Here are the steps I took . . . [More]

View All Files in Finder on a Mac

Wed, 27 May 2009 10:52:00 -0400

I've just been configuring a new MacBook Air and this is one of those "blog it so you don't need to Google it" postings. If you want to be able to see all files (including system files) on a Mac, just enter the following into a terminal window: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES Then restart the Finder (hold down the option key, click and hold the finder button in the dock, and in the context menu that appears, click "Relaunch"). If you get tired of this, just enter: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO and restart the Finder again. Thanks MacWorld!

Starting ColdFusion from Command Line on OS X

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:43:00 -0400

In the category of "blogged so I don't have to Google for it in the future", here is a command to start ColdFusion from the command line: /Applications/JRun4/bin/jrun start cfusion

Seventeen Inches on the Subway

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:58:00 -0400

Just as an FYI for anyone interested, you *can* indeed use a 17” MBP on a Manhattan subway pretty close to the rush hour. I had a thought I wanted to code up quickly and an email to respond to, so opened up and fired up the MBP on the subway. I think the very fact that it's clearly fairly valuable kept people further away than when I'm typing on the more diminutive eee. That said, I was glad to put the MBP safely into its backpack and to pull out an eee to blog about the experience . . . [More]

MBP - 15" or 17"?

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:00:00 -0400

So I've decided on 2.5Ghz, 4Gb ram (aftermarket), 200Gb @7200 and a Macbook pro. Now I'm trying to decide what's the best size to get (input appreciated) . . . [More]

MacBook or Pro?

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:17:00 -0400

So, it's that time again. My trusty black MacBook is getting a little cracked round the edges, and 2Gb of RAM just isn't cutting it any more (too much thrashing when I'm running JRun, Eclipse and Parallels - I haven't even dared to install Photoshop . . .). I need a new computer. The question is which one (input much appreciated) . . . [More]

Advice for a Pain Free Command Line Experience on a Mac?

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:22:00 -0400

I find myself using terminal a fair bit on the mac. From "sudo apachectl restart" to restart apache to running MySQL commands (I have GUI too, but some stuff is easier in terminal), cmhod'ing files and directories and a bunch of other little bits and pieces. My question is where is the smart replacement for terminal? I'm looking for text shortcut tools, code complete/context sensitive help, all the stuff that you'd expect in a Java IDE so I can type less, remember less and do more on the command line as an occasional user. Any thoughts on a starting point?