http://www.mjwall.com Just a guy and his computer Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:51:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quick post so I can remember how to access CLI args and Java system properties inside of a grails script. Put this following code inside of your_grails_app/scripts/ScriptTest.groovy target ( default : 'Print args and java system properties' ) { //grails script-test arg1 arg2 println "Grails CLI ... http://www.mjwall.com/2009/10/accessing-cli-args-and-java-system-properties-from-a-grails-script/ According the Grails 1.1 Beta2 Release Notes, Grails 1.1 will have better Maven integration. I think that is great news allowing more integration between different java projects. It means this post may not relevant for very long though. For all it's complexity, I like maven. Sometimes it makes ... http://www.mjwall.com/2009/01/grails-and-maven-with-no-maven/ My last attempt at running Grails 1.1 beta2 on IntelliJ 8.0.1 didn't work out so well. I ran the EAP version for a while, but had some issues building grails itself, specifically trying to run unit tests. So, I did some digging through the bug tracker and subversion for the ... http://www.mjwall.com/2009/01/groovy-plugin-patch-for-running-grails-11-beta2-on-intellij-801/ Grails-1.1-beta2 does not work correctly with the jetgroovy plugin in intellij. I am able to add a global library for Grails 1.1 beta2, but it not saved in the project facet. The most apparent problem for me is that the 'Run grails target' shortcut is not available. ... http://www.mjwall.com/2008/12/intellij-801-issues-with-grails-11-beta2/ All good things must come to an end.  After doing Ruby development professionally for almost 2 years, I decided to change jobs and went back to my Java roots. So I would like to detail some of the things I have missed noticed in the couple of months I have been ... http://www.mjwall.com/2008/12/back-to-java/ I really love cruisecontrol.rb in a team environment.  The ability to run tests against every commit is great, and it is such fun being the "build police". Excuse me sir, can I see your license to commit please? We can have some fun with that one. This license expired just before the dotcom ... http://www.mjwall.com/2008/08/cruisecontrolrb-git-and-rails-21/ What is the best way to support multiple versions of ruby? Some options: Multiruby looks like it may do what I want. I already have it installed, because I am autotest-addicted (first coined by Dr Nic. Michael Greenly posted this, which would work since I am running ubuntu. A buddy recommended GNU Stow. I ... http://www.mjwall.com/2008/08/multiple-versions-of-ruby-with-stow/ Alright, I give. Rails on shared hosting really sucks. I've seen reports of success with Phusion Passenger, but my host doesn't support it yet. I wrote about my some of this issues I have had. So welcome to wordpress. Same theme, mostly, with less crashes. ... http://www.mjwall.com/2008/07/moving-to-wordpress/ Since my last post, I have been looking more and more at Merb. Just some random notes Looks like Merb 0.9.2 got some fcgi love. That is what I want to try to replace rails on my shared host. Get on IRC if you need help – irc.freenode.net#merb. Really, IRC. If ... http://www.mjwall.com/2008/04/merb-notes/ One more quick post. Last week I purchased an inexpensive (shall I say cheap) laptop from WalMart. It is a Toshiba A215-S5808. I booted once in Vista to burn a cd and them immediately installed Ubuntu 7.10. Almost all my hardware was recognized, except the wireless ... http://www.mjwall.com/2008/03/new-laptop/