Java ME Early Access to rescue Mac J2ME Developers

Finally, we have an IDE for MAC J2ME developers. Most of the Mac users use MPowerPlayer SDK(mpp-sdk) to develop J2ME applications. It was hell of a pain to use it with NetBeans. It also lacked the Bluetooth API support.

Last month, Sun announced the launch of most awaited JAVA ME SDK 3.0. This can be downloaded at http://java.sun.com/javame/downloads/sdk30_mac.jsp. Please note, it is an Early Access release(not beta). So, it is expected to have some issues. Couple of issues I am aware of are:

• Exceptions when launching JAVA ME SDK (Just ignore all the exceptions hitting 'Cancel')
• Also, it runs out of memory after every 4-8 runs and will require Mac reboot(YES, mac reboot).

You might have to restart your Mac immediately after JAVA ME SDK installation.

Apart from these issues, it works like a MAGIC. It has got a nice environment based on NetBeans platform. I have tried mpp-sdk and Java WTK within Sun's Virtual Box, but I find JAVA ME EA to be the best.

Frequently used git commands

Ignoring all the local uncommitted changes
$ git reset --hard


Ignoring changes to individual files
$ git checkout path_to_file


Tracking a remote branch (Creates a new local branch based on remote branch and switches to that branch)
$ git checkout --track -b local_name origin/remote_name


Deleting remote branch/tag
$ git push origin :heads/branch_name
$ git push origin :branch_name
$ git push origin :tag_name
$ git push origin :refs/tags/tag_name


Deleting local tag
$ git tag -d tag_name


Deleting local branch (already merged)
$ git branch -d branch_name


Deleting local branch (unmerged)
$ git branch -D branch_name


Merging with desired merge tool
$ git mergetool --tool=tool_name


Clearing stash
$ git stash clear


Reverting a commit
$ git revert HASH


Deleting untracked files
$ git clean -n(for dry-run) -f(for forceful clean)

Starting and stopping MySQL on Mac OS X Leopard

sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM start
sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM stop

Reference: Simplistic Complexity

Long running processes

In our application, we've got number of long running processes. These processes are meant to run in background without affecting the application response time. We are using the combination of starling and workling.

For installing starling-starling:
gem sources -a http://gems.github.com/
gem install starling-starling