The Rails web framework has taken the software industry by storm, offering legions of web developers the ability to create web sites faster and more efficiently than ever before. But taking advantage of Rails means learning an entirely new paradigm, in addition to the language Rails is built upon: Ruby. Accordingly, other developer communities have implemented their own versions of Rails, but built using their preferred language. For millions of Java developers, this native framework is Grails, and the Java-centric scripting language its built upon: Groovy.

Beginning Groovy and Grails introduces Java developers to this popular framework and scripting language by guiding readers through the creation of a series of real-world projects. Each project introduces a new facet of Grails and Groovy, and affords readers the ability to download and experiment with the code. Authored by industry veterans Christopher Judd, Joseph Faisal Nusairat, and Jim Shingler, readers are treated not only to profound knowledge of the topic, but also to considerable insight shared as a result of the authors’ combined decades of Java experience.

See the following resources for more information on Grails and Groovy:

Grails project website: http://grails.codehaus.org/

Groovy project web site: http://groovy.codehaus.org/