by David Orriss Jr | Nov 21, 2009 | Java, Mac OS X, Operating Systems
Along with so many others, I upgraded to Snow Leopard. Overall the upgrade went without a hitch. However, I noticed that my Subversion repository was no longer available from Subclipse or via the Web Browser. Not good. So I did some digging around and upon finding...
by David Orriss Jr | May 2, 2009 | Android, Java, Telephony
In my last post I mentioned the android:minSdkVersion attribute to <uses-sdk> tag. As of SDK 1.5 the attribute values used correspond to the following API releases: minSdkVersionAPI Version 11.0 21.1 31.5 You can read more about all of this at...
by David Orriss Jr | Apr 1, 2009 | Java, Programming
I get asked this question.. a lot. David, any tips on how I can learn Java quickly? Or the more popular variant of it: David, how can I learn Java fast? Short answer: You can’t. There’s no shortcuts in learning software development in any language. Period....
by David Orriss Jr | Jul 22, 2008 | Mac OS X, Programming, Rails, Ruby
While I was playing with Rails 2.1 I decided to try the SQLite3 support that comes built into OS X instead of using MySQL. Upon trying to run a migrate command via rake I was created with: rake aborted! no such file to load — sqlite3/database After some digging...
by David Orriss Jr | Apr 29, 2008 | J2EE, Java, Mac OS X
This Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 adds Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05 to your Mac. This update does not replace the existing installation of J2SE 5.0 or change the default version of Java. For more details on this update, please visit this website:...
by David Orriss Jr | Apr 26, 2008 | J2EE, Java, Mac OS X, Operating Systems
Installing WebLogic 10 on a Mac in OS X isn’t supported by BEA. But it’s possible. Here’s how. Download WebLogic Server from the BEA website. In the Select OS drop-down, choose IBM AIX. This will give you the WebLogic generic package. Open the...
by David Orriss Jr | Feb 13, 2008 | Rails, Ruby
I don’t know why this isn’t better documented or stated anywhere so I’ll just iterate it here. If you want to peruse the documentation for Rails and your installed Gems type the following gem server And in your terminal prompt you should see Starting...
by David Orriss Jr | Jan 4, 2008 | J2EE, Java, Rails, Ruby
Mongrel Developer/Creator, Zed Shaw, cut loose on the Ruby and Rails communities in a recent posting to his website. He gives some interesting insights into who the major players are, and cuts through some of the hype surrounding rails. While caustic in his delivery,...
by David Orriss Jr | Oct 20, 2007 | Programming, Ruby
My friend Lori noted a great way to Add to the Ruby Library Path. She also noted that I had no way to put comments on my blog. Users would get sent to a page telling them to log in, but I never provided the login link Fixed — check out the “Links”...
by David Orriss Jr | Oct 20, 2007 | Programming, Ruby
In Ruby not library management is not always as simple as running gem install. Some Ruby code is distributed simply as libraries. So where do you put these libraries? The clue is in the Ruby $LOAD_PATH variable. irb(main):001:0> puts $LOAD_PATH...
