Archive for March 6th, 2011

This Week in Grails (2011-09)

Sunday, March 06th, 2011

This week was a blur for me – I can’t believe it’s the end of the week already. Working on interesting new stuff makes the time fly by.

If you haven’t already, check out the new look of the Grails reference docs. Stéphane Maldini and Damien Vitrac did a fantastic job with the changes – no more frames 🙂

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Miscellaneous Items

Plugins

Interesting Tweets

Jobs

User groups and Conferences

Miscellaneous Items

Plugins

There were 2 new plugins released:

openerp version 0.1. Integration with the OpenERP open-source ERP platform
view-models version 0.1. Grails support for the MVVM pattern: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_View_ViewModel

There were also several updated plugins:

activiti version 5.3. Integrates the Activiti BPM Suite and workflow system
app-info version 0.4.3. provides a UI for inspecting and altering various aspects of the application’s configuration
aws version 1.1.7.2. Provide easy access to simpler functions of Amazon Web Services (AWS)
ckeditor version 3.5.2.0. Implements the integration layer between Grails and the CKEditor web rich text editor.
extjs version 3.3.1.6. Provides Ext JS resources
facebook-graph version 0.7. Provides access to the Facebook Graph API and makes easier the development of a single sign-on using the Facebook Authentication proposal.
fitnesse version 0.5. Makes it possible to use the popular Open Source testing framework Fitnesse in combination with Grails.
json-rest-api version 1.0.3. JSON RESTful API for GORM
jasper version 1.2.1. Enables use of JasperReports
maven-publisher version 0.8.1. Publish Grails projects and plugins to local and remote Maven repositories
mondrian version 0.2. Integration with the Mondrian open source Relational OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP) engine
mongodb-morphia version 0.7.1. Alternative MongoDB GORM based on the Morphia library (former gorm-mongodb)
nerderg-form-tags version 1.3. Bringing Readability, Convention, Consistency and CSS to form design
sanitizer version 0.6.2. Sanitizes markup(HTML, XHTML, CSS) using OWASP AntiSamy Filters
spawn version 0.3. Allows you to specify a specific template for a domain class
struts1 version 1.3.10. Lets you use Struts 1 as a the controller/view layer

Interesting Tweets

@rfletcherEW: Uploaded some more #Grails scaffolding updates. http://t.co/ClrzPeV Now has AJAX loading indicator just for @tomaslin
@rfletcherEW: Been experimenting with a better way to display errors & messages in #Grails scaffolding… http://t.co/ClrzPeV …thoughts?
@aalmiray: 3 days of #gr8 tech and geekery for just €595, it’s a steal! http://gr8conf.eu #groovy #grails #griffon
@aalmiray: #gr8conf will have an open #hackergarten, that’s right everyone is welcome. Hack and mingle with #groovy #grails #griffon team members
@pledbrook: New look #grails user guide has gone live: http://grails.org/doc/latest/
@pledbrook: Publish #grails plugin docs to Google code with this script: http://bit.ly/g1wXZ2
@rgomis: #Grails Making changes in production databases??? try Liquibase http://goo.gl/0RslN and database migration plugin http://goo.gl/UPo9u
@ssmithstone: thanks to http://bit.ly/g3nb1b i have implemented mailing with AOP in my current project
@gr8conf: Registration for #gr8conf Europe is open! Goto http://bit.ly/gK33xt #groovy #grails #griffon #gradle #gpars #gcontracts #gmaven #codenarc
@cantinhodoagile: Java Groovy / Grails developer in investment bank (Singapore) #vaga #exterior #groovy #java
Large Investmen… (cont) http://deck.ly/~eiegH
@loboweissmann: Detalhe do novo Grails Brasil http://twitpic.com/44uxas
@ldaley: New Grails “view-models” plugin » https://github.com/alkemist/grails-view-models » Support for something akin to the MVVM pattern.
@lrkwz: Good design leads to robust app: move your code in a service, it will automagically become transactional. I love #grails for this!
@marcoVermeulen: Just posted an update on my blog regarding the #grails #ubuntu PPA poll results, and plans going forward. http://bit.ly/hwYCVx
@pledbrook: Can now store repo credentials in ~/.grails/settings.groovy for publishing #grails plugins: http://tinyurl.com/67qgxr2 – see ‘New to 0.8’
@breskeby: my first three #grails commits made it into trunk: http://ht.ly/45B5U thanks!
@mattiHuber: Lots of question being askes at my #grails & #groovy consulting in Hamburg. “Share a canooey” was well received yersterday
@smaldini: available for #spring #groovy #grails contract , ping me if interested 🙂
@graemerocher: Implemented first cut at support for binary (pre-compiled) Plugins for #grails 1.4
@gamino: Blown away by MongoDB speed for my Grails objects: 15k records saved in 20 seconds as suppose to 93 minutes in Oracle. #mongodb #grails