The Holy Grails of Web Frameworks
This session will introduce Grails, a new and innovative web framework based on a dynamic language, Groovy, with a solid foundation in off the shelf enterprise-ready frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate and SiteMesh.
Based on the "convention over configuration" paradigm initiated by the Ruby on Rails framework, this session will demonstrate how Grails can help you build powerful web applications in no time, while still being able to take advantage of your existing knowledge and expertise on the Java EE platform and the wealth of components available in the Java ecosystem.
About Guillaume LaForge
As Head of Groovy Development for SpringSource, Guillaume Laforge is the official Groovy Project Manager, and the spec lead of JSR-241, the Java Specification Request that standardizes the Groovy dynamic language. He is also a frequent conference speaker presenting Groovy and Grails at JavaOne, SpringOne, QCon, the Sun TechDays, and JavaPolis. Guillaume also co-authored Groovy in Action along with Dierk König. Before founding G2One, which was acquired by SpringSource in late 2008, and taking the role of VP Technology, Guillaume worked for OCTO Technology, a consultancy focusing on architecture and agile methodologies. While at OCTO, Guillaume developed new offerings around Groovy and Grails for its customers.
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