This Week in Grails (2013-09)

Miscellaneous Items

• Gradle’s build-by-convention approach
• Grails builds on Travis CI
• Promo video for Greach
• Groovy, Gradle, Google AppEngine
• Grails Goodness: Injecting Grails Services into Spring Beans
• REST, binding, and URL mappings
• Continuous Delivery with DEV@cloud and Cloud Foundry
• This Week in Spring – Feb 26th, 2013

Plugins

There was one new plugin released:

• atmosphere-meteor version 0.4.2. Incorporates the Atmosphere Framework (https://github.com/Atmosphere/atmosphere/wiki) and can form the basis for a traditional XMPP server with a browser-based client without the limitations of BOSH

and 7 updated plugins:

• coffeescript-compiler version 0.8.1. Compiles .coffee source files into .js files
• geasyui version 0.4. Supplies jQuery EasyUI resources and taglibs
• jquery-validation-ui version 1.4.2. Client Side Validation without writing JavaScript
• kickstart-with-bootstrap version 0.9.5b. Start your project with a good looking frontend, with adapted scaffolding templates for standard CRUD pages using Twitter Bootstrap
• localizations version 1.4.4.10. Store i18n strings in a database
• recaptcha version 0.6.0. Integrates ReCaptcha and Mailhide services
• redis version 1.3.3. Provides integration with a Redis datastore

Interesting Tweets

• @smaldini: Looking at @rfletcherEW new #grails gson plugin is a joy: tests, travis ci, clean doc. Inspiring. Well done
• @brianjohnsendk: Writing beautiful concise code will little help from my friend propertyMissing.
  I. Love. #Groovy !
• @DailyGrailsTip: The road to #Grails 3.0 – video from greach.es with Graeme Rocher – http://t.co/Apeu83bo48
• @DailyGrailsTip: #grails 2.3 promises to allow you to fork JVMs and support REST ( REST for GORM! ) and better Async / GPars support
• @pledbrook: I’ve published the app I did for #ggx talk submissions to GitHub: https://t.co/XDxFXHaxKu
• @atmo_framework: grails-atmosphere-meteor has been approved by the Grails team http://t.co/zrhx3WiLWJ Now two plugin based on #Atmosphere #grails #websockets
• @DailyGrailsTip: Feature switch plugin to turn things on and off in your applications – http://t.co/GxR1fb80Lu
• @DailyGrailsTip: Basic tomcat clustering in #Grails – http://t.co/K6uhTWCo53
• @DailyGrailsTip: Adding accessibility with #grails fields plugin – http://t.co/0kKfBVuWnS
• @rbramley: If you want a free copy of the Feb 2013 issue of GroovyMag & you’re quick you can use voucher code rhn848l http://t.co/fQSiKfCBG4 #Groovy
• @dexterous: #GitBlit, a pure #Java stack for managing, viewing, and serving #Git repositories with #Groovy push hooks http://t.co/0qiWk7OoV1
• @pledbrook: I’m collecting REST and URL mappings #grails issues into http://t.co/nMmyaFhN10 – you’re welcome to join
• @connolly_s: Congrats to “kortatu” whoever you are… First to complete a deployment to @CloudFoundry using the @CloudBees deployer and a Grails clickstart

Jobs

• Dice keyword search for Grails
• Monster keyword search for Grails
• Careerbuilder keyword search for Grails
• SpringSourceJob Twitter feed
• SpringSource job search at jobs.vmware.com

• Java Softwareentwickler – mit Leidenschaft für Groovy/Grails (m/w) – Berlin
• Web developer at Ticketbis in Bilbao, Spain
• @ddelponte: GoHealth, an internet startup in Chicago, is looking for #grails developers that can work on site. Contact Jeff: http://t.co/jsztpsG3Ky
• Grails Developer in London
• Senior Software Engineer at The Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA
• @GHoveModis: We have a client looking for someone with either Groovy/Grails or Ruby/Rails experience…let me know if you are interested! #modis #ITjobs
• Senior Software Engineer / Grails Developer (Cambridge, MA)
• Senior Software Engineer at Taulia Inc. in San Francisco, CA
• Java Developer with Grails in Baltimore, MD
• Java Developer with Groovy & Grails in Bury St Edmunds
• Grails Team Leader in South East England
• Desenvolvedor Java Sênior – Rio de Janeiro
• Software Eng w/ Groovy/Grails at Certify Data in San Jose
• Sr. Java Consultant at Qualcomm in San Diego, CA

User groups and Conferences

• GR8Conf Europe 2013
  • May 22^nd-24^th Copenhagen, Denmark
• GR8Conf US 2013
  • July 21^st-23^rd Minneapolis, MN
• SpringOne 2GX 2013
  • September 9^th-12^th Minneapolis, MN

• March 14, 2013
  • Seattle Groovy/Grails Users Group
• All hail the command object: are stateless services the only way? – March 18, 2013
  • London Groovy & Grails User Group
• Designing and Implementing a RESTful API with Grails – March 20, 2013
  • San Francisco Grails Cafe Centro