When GSP is not enough - using ZK RIA Framework with Grails
The ZK Framework is a RIA AJAX framework that encourages server side development to create Rich Internet Application. It abstracts AJAX calls for you and allows you to code all of your UI logic in Groovy or Java, without having to spend a lot of time worrying about generated HTML / CSS / JavaScript, and getting all those technologies to work together along with Grails backend. The ZKGrails integrates ZK with Grails, including automatic component binding with GORM.
As a result you can use Grails strengths (GORM, Services) along with the productivity of ZK framework.
About Jean Barmash
Jean Barmash is the co-founder and lead developer of EnergyScoreCards, a startup company that helps benchmark energy efficiency of multi-family buildings. He is responsible for architecture and implementation of the SaaS software using the Grails framework.
To this role Jean brings over 10 years of experience in different areas of software industry. Most recently, he was Director of Technical Services at Alfresco Software, the Open Source Enterprise Content Management Company, where his responsibilities included architecture and hands-on development of content centric solutions, training, and working with open source community. He also worked as Sr. Consultant and Trainer at several Wall Street Firms. Well-versed in both .NET and Java Platforms, Jean is interested in applying latest development techniques to interesting problems.
Jean is a frequent speaker on technology and architecture topics at various user groups and industry conferences. He is also the founder of the New York Groovy / Grails Meetup.
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