An Army of Solipsists http://burtbeckwith.com/blog Burt Beckwith's Java Blog Tue, 15 May 2012 17:06:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 This Week in Grails (2012-19) http://burtbeckwith.com/blog/?p=1369 http://burtbeckwith.com/blog/?p=1369#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:06:13 +0000 Burt http://burtbeckwith.com/blog/?p=1369 We’re getting ready to release Grails 2.1, with a release candidate hopefully this week. The cache plugins I mentioned last week will be released around the same time, and the ‘core’ cache plugin will be a default plugin in BuildConfig.groovy. I released an update of the database-migration plugin to address some bugs that were keeping that from being a default plugin, so that will also be included by default in BuildConfig.groovy.

I’ve been working on a Grails book to be published this fall. The plan is that it will be an advanced book, and presume that you already have experience with Grails or another similar framework in Java or another language and are looking for more detail and best practices. It’s going to be available soon in an early-access digital format so you can follow the progress and help the book by finding mistakes and making suggestions.

A few more GR8Conf EU interviews:

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 Miscellaneous Items
 Plugins
 Interesting Tweets
 Jobs
 User groups and Conferences

Plugins

There were 6 new plugins released:

  • closure-templates-resources version 0.1. Supports server-side compilation of .soy template files to JavaScript files
  • jquery-mobile-metro version 0.1. Plugin jQuery mobile framework Metro UI theme resource files
  • jrimum-bopepo version 0.2. Allows you to create Boletos Bancarios for Banks of Brazil using the Jrimum Bopepo library
  • plastic-criteria version 0.1. Mock Grails Criteria for Unit Tests
  • split-test version 0.4. An A/B testing framework designed to work with Grails
  • spring-security-oauth version 2.0.1.0. Adds OAuth-based authentication to the Spring Security plugin using the OAuth plugin

and 14 updated plugins:

  • asynchronous-mail version 0.6. Send email asynchronously by storing them in the database and sending with a Quartz job
  • cache version 1.0.0.M2. Adds request, service method, and taglib caching
  • cache-ehcache version 1.0.0.M2. An Ehcache-based implementation of the Cache plugin
  • cache-redis version 1.0.0.M2. A Redis-based implementation of the Cache plugin
  • database-migration version 1.1. Official Grails plugin for database migrations
  • external-config-reload version 1.2.0. Polls for changes to external configuration files (files added to grails.config.locations), reloads the configuration when a change has occurred, and notifies specified plugins by firing the onConfigChange event in each
  • faker version 0.5. A port of Data::Faker from Perl, is used to easily generate fake data: names, addresses, phone numbers, etc.
  • hibernate-search version 0.6.1. Integrates Hibernate Search for domain classes
  • lesscss-resources version 1.3.0.3. Optimises the use of http://www.lesscss.org css files, compiling .less files into their .css counterprt, and place the css into the processing chain to be available to the other resource plugin features
  • pusher version 0.4. Wrapper for pusher.com REST api
  • spring-batch version 0.2.2. Provides the Spring Batch framework and convention based Jobs
  • spring-security-facebook version 0.7.4. Plugin for Facebook Authentication, as extension to Grails Spring Security Core plugin
  • spring-security-twitter version 0.4.3. Twitter authentication as extension to the Spring Security Core plugin
  • zkui version 0.5.1. Seamlessly integrates ZK with Grails’ infrastructures; uses the Grails’ infrastructures such as GSP, controllers rather than zk’s zul as in ZKGrails plugin

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]]> http://burtbeckwith.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1369 2 This Week in Grails (2012-18) http://burtbeckwith.com/blog/?p=1355 http://burtbeckwith.com/blog/?p=1355#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 05:41:49 +0000 Burt http://burtbeckwith.com/blog/?p=1355 The details for SpringOne 2GX 2012 are now online, it will be in Washington, DC this year, October 15th-18th.

The MongoDB plugin went 1.0 this week.

Jeff and I have been working on the cache plugin, which uses the new Spring cache abstraction and isn’t coupled to a particular implementation. The ‘core’ plugin has an in-memory implementation, but you’ll want to use one of the extension plugins for a more robust version. These currently include the Ehcache and Redis plugins and we’re working on one that uses Gemfire. All three plugins are available now and documentation will be available soon.

STS 3.0.0.M1 was released this week.

A couple more GR8Conf EU speaker interviews:

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 Miscellaneous Items
 Plugins
 Interesting Tweets
 Jobs
 User groups and Conferences

Plugins

There were 6 new plugins released:

  • bootstrap-crumbs version 1.0.0. Provide simple breadcrumb functionality using the twitter bootstrap library
  • cache version 1.0.0.M1. Adds request, service method, and taglib caching
  • cache-ehcache version 1.0.0.M1. An Ehcache-based implementation of the Cache plugin
  • cache-redis version 1.0.0.M1. A Redis-based implementation of the Cache plugin
  • seofriendly-urls version 1.0.2. Helps to easily convert any string into a SEO-friendly one, eg from ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to ‘the-lord-of-the-rings’
  • github-gist version 0.1. Uploads code snippets from a Grails project to GitHub Gists so you can easily share tested code in blog posts, etc.

and 9 updated plugins:

  • bootstrap-file-upload version 2.0.0. Integrates Sebastian Tschan’s Jquery File Upload (https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload)
  • coffeescript-resources version 0.3.2. Create coffeescript modules that automatically compiles on every file change with jCoffeeScript
  • cucumber version 0.5.0. Test your Grails apps with Cucumber
  • export version 1.2. Export domain objects to a variety of formats (CSV, Excel, ODS, PDF, RTF and XML)
  • hibernate-search version 0.5.1. Integrates Hibernate Search for domain classes
  • horn-jquery version 1.0.57. Provides resources and tags to use the HORN specification for embedding your JS data model in your HTML pages
  • mongodb version 1.0.0.GA. Aims to provide an object-mapping layer on top of MongoDB
  • shiro-oauth version 0.2. Adds OAuth-based authentication to the Shiro plugin using the Scribe OAuth plugin
  • tomcat-bundler version 0.0.3. Simplifies bundling application with Tomcat to create a whole package to be used by hosting

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]]> http://burtbeckwith.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1355 2 This Week in Grails (2012-17) http://burtbeckwith.com/blog/?p=1350 http://burtbeckwith.com/blog/?p=1350#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 19:28:46 +0000 Burt http://burtbeckwith.com/blog/?p=1350 Check out this post on using Shiro to secure a Grails application. The Spring Security plugins are much more widely used but Shiro is an excellent security framework and deserves a lot more attention in the Grails community.

Not strictly Grails-related, but an interesting read on using WebSockets in Tomcat 7.

And not even coding-related, but here are two funny Tumbler sites that should be in your RSS reader: Texts From Dog and one tiny hand.

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 Miscellaneous Items
 Plugins
 Interesting Tweets
 Jobs
 User groups and Conferences

Plugins

There was one new plugin released:

  • yammer-metrics version 2.1.2-1. Packages Coda Hale’s yammer metrics jars

and 9 updated plugins:

  • ckeditor version 3.6.3.0. Implements the integration layer between Grails and the CKEditor web rich text editor.
  • dojo version 1.6.1.10. Integrates the Dojo javascript toolkit
  • fitnesse version 2.0.3. Makes it possible to use the popular Open Source testing framework Fitnesse in combination with Grails.
  • marshallers version 0.2. Easy registration and usage of custom XML and JSON marshallers supporting hierarchical configurations
  • oauth version 2.0.1. Provides easy interaction with OAuth service providers
  • pusher version 0.3. Wrapper for pusher.com REST api
  • redis version 1.3. Provides integration with a Redis datastore
  • spring-batch version 0.2.1. Provides the Spring Batch framework and convention based Jobs
  • spring-security-facebook version 0.7.3. Plugin for Facebook Authentication, as extension to Grails Spring Security Core plugin

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  • Making JavaFX Groovier – Easy Development of JavaFx 2.x Applications, Dean Iverson
  • Contracts for Groovy – GContracts: A Design by Contract Extension for Groovy, Andre Steingress
  • Grails: Beyond the Quickstart – Is Grails Suitable for the Java Enterprise? You Bet!, Peter Ledbrook
  • Griffon: Desktop Development – The Fun Way – Building Desktop Applications with Groovy, Andres Almiray
  • ‘coz Concurrency is Groovy! – GPars: Parallel Systems Made Java-friendly, Václav Pech
  • “The Ecosystem Is a Key Asset to Groovy’s Success” – Interview with Groovy Project Lead Guillaume Laforge

Check out this week’s GR8Conf EU speaker interviews:

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 Miscellaneous Items
 Plugins
 Interesting Tweets
 Jobs
 User groups and Conferences

Plugins

There were 6 new plugins released:

and 7 updated plugins:

  • avatar version 0.6.1. Provides a taglib for displaying avatars
  • cucumber version 0.4.0. Test your Grails apps with Cucumber
  • fitnesse version 2.0.1. Makes it possible to use the popular Open Source testing framework Fitnesse in combination with Grails.
  • jslint version 0.4. Run JsLint on javascript files
  • routing version 1.2.1. Send and route messages to a wide variety of destination endpoints directly from your Controllers and Services using Camel
  • smart-sprites-resources version 0.2. Creates Sprites using SmartSprites as a component of the Resources plugin
  • spring-batch version 0.1.1. Provides the Spring Batch framework and convention based Jobs

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