How to easily switch the default Java version on Mac OSX

After installing Netbeans and Java7 for some JavaFX tinkering several of my other apps stopped working.

A lot of the solutions I found online involve writing scripts or changing startup scripts for specific programs, but I found none of them easy or maintainable enough. I ended up altering the symbolic link named “Current” in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions

A link called CurrentJDK in the same directory still pointed at a 1.6 version, so I simply changed the Current link to point to the CurrentJDK link. That way I can simply change it back when I want 1.7 to be the default.

sudo ln -s CurrentJDK/ Current

How to install Glassfish 3.1 Clustering on multiple hosts using linux command line

Today a colleague needed help with setting up a Glassfish cluster and I remembered having read a very good tutorial that created the entire cluster using only asadmin commands. In my experience using only asadmin commands not only gives you a greater understanding of the way Glassfish works internally but also enables you to create scripts for Glassfish administration commands.

Anyway, I managed to find the blogpost that I read about a year ago and decided that it was a good link to share with the world: http://www.randombugs.com/java/glassfish/installing-glassfish-31-cluster-debian-60-command-line.html

How to post nice looking source code on WordPress.com

If you want to post source code and want to make it easy for your audience to read it, use Syntax Highlighter. Blogs on WordPress.com can use this without having to install anything. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/posting-source-code for more information.