This Week in Grails (2013-07)
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013The Groovy team announced three Groovy releases this week.
Check out this interview with Jeff Brown on Grails 2 and Groovy.
Several more Greach videos were released this week. Check out the sessions page
and click through to each one to view its video.
Rob Fletcher announced this week that he will no longer be supporting a few of his plugins.
Stéphane Maldini suggested a new grails.org theme
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Programming Grails went to “production” this week, so it should be in print in a month or so.
If you want to keep up with these “This Week in Grails” posts you can access them directly via their category link or in an RSS reader with the feed
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Miscellaneous Items
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Create constraint in Grails
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Where in the World is Griffon?
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A Groovy console for SoapUI
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Static builders inception
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Grails 2.2 – Publishing your Plugins as Maven Artifacts To Resolve Dependency Resolution Issues
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Test Driven Development: using Grails in Bangkok (2-day class) https://tdd_with_grails.eventbrite.com/
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Groovy & the public keyword
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Apache Tomcat 7.0.37 Released
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Pwned: CSV export/import with Grails
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This Week in Spring – Feb 12th, 2013
Plugins
There were 3 new plugins released:
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dumbster
version 0.1. Adds support for the Dumbster SMTP server for testing
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geasyui
version 0.2. Supplies jQuery EasyUI resources and taglibs
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recaptcha-spring-security
version 0.1. Using recaptcha with spring security core for brute force defender
and 11 updated plugins:
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build-test-data
version 2.0.4. Enables the easy creation of test data by automatic inspection of constraints
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coffeescript-compiler
version 0.7. Compiles .coffee source files into .js files
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cookie-session
version 2.0.7. Allows you to store session data in a cookie
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easygrid
version 1.3.0. Provides a convenient and agile way of defining Data Grids
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ember-templates-precompiler
version 0.4.0. Precompiles EmberJS powered Handlebars templates
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feature-switch
version 0.7. Allows turning on and off of features
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pretty-time
version 2.1.3.Final-1.0.1. Displays human readable, relative timestamps
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remote-pagination
version 0.4.2. Provides tags for pagination and to sort columns without page refresh using Ajax and loads only the list of objects needed
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spreedly
version 0.1.7. Provides access to the Spreedly online payment service API
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spring-security-facebook
version 0.12.2. Plugin for Facebook Authentication, as extension to Grails Spring Security Core plugin
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underscore
version 1.4.4. Simple plugin wrapper for useful Underscore.js library
Interesting Tweets
- @OpenDolphin: upgraded to #Java 7 and #Groovy 2.1.1. With minor tweaks the performance test went down from 2.8 to 1.7 seconds.
- @34m0: “open test-report” to open the test report quickly in #grails interactive mode – all the time I have wasted before knowing this!
- @greymeister: Ratpack, lightweight alternative to #Grails (think Sinatra v Rails) https://t.co/jXjgziyk #awesome
- @chandanluthra: #Grails #Groovy lovers. Get your free copy of Feb 2013 Groovy mag with this coupon code. 7p0d237 https://t.co/19LZiPzE
- @cominvent: Need a standalone, portable runner for Groovy scripts? Try https://t.co/BVpRmfmv #groovy
- @DailyGrailsTip: How to get Apache Mahout recommendations in Grails – http://t.co/EIyH22ZQ
- @DailyGrailsTip: Profile Grails apps with VisualVM – http://t.co/r2WQWfPG
- @albertovilches: Groovy script to replay Apache access.log in realtime http://t.co/1v4r5K0F #groovy
- @epseelon: I think it’s urgent that we educate companies about #groovy and #grails: http://t.co/IKq5DI6N
- @mittie: write your #scala code in #groovy : https://t.co/756Rw4Lh
- @bgoetzmann: A screenshot of my #Grails app. showing a #TimelineJS with data coming from #DBpedia and queried with #GroovySparql. http://t.co/AWCoxlNF
- @werdnagreb: Groovy 2.1.0 Static Type Checking DSLs now supported in Groovy-Eclipse. https://t.co/2SMzpWKJ
- @DailyGrailsTip: Cinnamon CMS is an open source CMS written in #grails – http://t.co/8LWEQ5uY
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@fergjo: primesBetween200And250 = (200..250).findAll{num ->
(2..num-1).every {
fact -> num % fact != 0}} <3 expressive #Groovy - @danveloper: Introducing #GDI, an incredibly powerful compile-time assisted dependency injection framework for #Groovy https://t.co/dBKMaIhY
- @gr8conf: #GR8Conf Call for Papers count: 92 talks from 52 speakers! We got work to do! Expect to see first accepted talks within a week, be patient!
- @rfletcherEW: Playing whack-a-mole with issues on a new #Grails plugin for using #GSON. Promising, but still work to do https://t.co/edkLIjqP
Jobs
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Dice keyword search for Grails
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Monster keyword search for Grails
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Careerbuilder keyword search for Grails
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SpringSourceJob Twitter feed
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SpringSource job search at jobs.vmware.com
- @frankvilhelmsen: Are you a passionate groovy/grails developer who wants a larger assignment around Copenhagen? Please contact! #groovy #grails #assignment
- @GDBolinger: Looking for a Grails developer. Prefer jr level, eager to learn. Remote 1099 work.
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Grails Opportunity in Austin, TX
- @unaspalomitas: Yo no vengo con flores ni regalos, vengo con ofertas de trabajo. Si usted sabe de Java Groovy Grails, escríbame. Se solicita programador. RT
- @JPethurst: Looking for a Java Developer with Grails experience, whose free?
- @bolsatec: Se requiere #Desarrollador #Java Jr ,conocimientos en #Groovy , #Hibernate , #Grails , #Spring , #Frameworks #PHP #empleo…
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Service Delivery Java Developer in Raleigh, NC
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Senior Systems Engineer at Nike, Inc. in Portland, OR
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Senior Java Grails Developer in London
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@epanelinha: 2 #Vagas #Desenvolvedor Java Junior-RJ-Sal.A COMBINAR/CLT #Emprego #Jobs
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Senior Software Engineer Grails/Java in Cambridge, MA
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Grails Developer in Plano, TX
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Multiple Sr. Grails Developers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area
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Senior Grails Developer in Woodland Hills, CA
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Software Engineer — Grails/Rails/Java in Waltham, MA
- @henshawsburgh: If @Gr8rDC or @grailsframework know of any #grails / #groovy developers in the #DC area looking, I have a rad role for them!
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Lead Developer – Grails – JavaScript – HTML5 – CSS in London
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Groovy/Grails Developers at enStratus.com in Minneapolis, MN
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Java Softwareentwickler – mit Leidenschaft für Groovy/Grails (m/w) – Berlin
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Developer: Java – Spring – Hibernate – Grails at jBilling
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Grails Developer in West London
User groups and Conferences
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GR8Conf Europe 2013
- May 22nd-24th Copenhagen, Denmark
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GR8Conf US 2013
- July 21st-23rd Minneapolis, MN
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Demonstrations: What we’ve been working on – February 27, 2013
- Boston Grails Users’ Group
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Panel Discussion: Ask The Grails Experts – February 27, 2013
- Austin Groovy and Grails Users
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Grails and Ale – March 6, 2013
- TechLife Columbus