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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

How to install the latest version of Java in Mac OS?

After installing Home Brew and Cask  go ahead and execute this statement.

brew cask info java

This would always list the latest version of Java available at this point in time

If you are ok with this version go ahead and install it, else if you would like to install a specific version follow instructions found at how to install java 8 on mac os?

brew cask install java

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

How to Install Java 8 on Mac OS X?

After installing Home Brew and Cask  go ahead and execute this statement.

brew cask install caskroom/versions/java8

This would prompt you for the root password during installation.

Sunday, February 3, 2019

Changing JSON Editor in Eclipse to Visual Studio Code in Mac

The default JSON Editor in Eclipse is buggy and doesn't have many features to control how to structure your JSON document.

You should change the editor to use an external editor namely Visual Studio Code (Free)

Steps to use Visual Studio Code

  • Install Visual Studio Code for Mac
  • Right Click the .json file in Eclipse
  • Select Other 
  • Select Code (Visual Studio) pick and check "use this for all *.json" files at the bottom

Now if you double click the file, it would open in Visual Studio code.
This has better options like spacing, file management and can handle formatting for large JSON documents