Old news to hard-core Jetty users, but I’ve only just discovered /bin/jetty.sh in the jetty-all distro. This neat little shell script lets you manage all sorts of Jetty goodness straight from the command line including start, stop, restart and check (jar paths, home dirs, etc). I’ve previously been doing dodgy stuff with: java -jar start.jar & from the command line and have been having all sorts of unexpected results over time. I’m hoping this slick [...]

I’ve been playing with mc4j to see if I can get a decent JMX console that works with Websphere 5.1, and it’s a great little app. I’ve been playing with beta 5 (apparently 6 is out), and the version I’m playing with certainly has some negs, so I’m keen for when this one gets out of beta. My issues so far: Custom installer (I’d much rather just unzip) Mega-buggy GUI (slow, and keeps crashing) Binary [...]