This Week in Grails (2013-09)

We released Grails 2.1.4 and 2.2.1 this week; they are primarily bug fix releases.

Registration for GR8Conf Europe 2013 is now open. Be sure to sign up soon while the prices are very low.

I’ve been seeing a lot of buzz about Dropwizard as a framework for creating REST services. I thought it would be interesting to integrate it with Grails, but it ended up being a lot more work than I expected since the two approaches are very different, and very opinionated. I have an initial implementation available of a plugin and will add some docs and a sample application soon.

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Miscellaneous Items

Plugins

Interesting Tweets

Jobs

User groups and Conferences

Miscellaneous Items

Plugins

There was one new plugin released:

atmosphere-meteor version 0.4.2. Incorporates the Atmosphere Framework (https://github.com/Atmosphere/atmosphere/wiki) and can form the basis for a traditional XMPP server with a browser-based client without the limitations of BOSH

and 7 updated plugins:

coffeescript-compiler version 0.8.1. Compiles .coffee source files into .js files
geasyui version 0.4. Supplies jQuery EasyUI resources and taglibs
jquery-validation-ui version 1.4.2. Client Side Validation without writing JavaScript
kickstart-with-bootstrap version 0.9.5b. Start your project with a good looking frontend, with adapted scaffolding templates for standard CRUD pages using Twitter Bootstrap
localizations version 1.4.4.10. Store i18n strings in a database
recaptcha version 0.6.0. Integrates ReCaptcha and Mailhide services
redis version 1.3.3. Provides integration with a Redis datastore

Interesting Tweets

@smaldini: Looking at @rfletcherEW new #grails gson plugin is a joy: tests, travis ci, clean doc. Inspiring. Well done
@brianjohnsendk: Writing beautiful concise code will little help from my friend propertyMissing.
I. Love. #Groovy !
@DailyGrailsTip: The road to #Grails 3.0 – video from greach.es with Graeme Rocher – http://t.co/Apeu83bo48
@DailyGrailsTip: #grails 2.3 promises to allow you to fork JVMs and support REST ( REST for GORM! ) and better Async / GPars support
@pledbrook: I’ve published the app I did for #ggx talk submissions to GitHub: https://t.co/XDxFXHaxKu
@atmo_framework: grails-atmosphere-meteor has been approved by the Grails team http://t.co/zrhx3WiLWJ Now two plugin based on #Atmosphere #grails #websockets
@DailyGrailsTip: Feature switch plugin to turn things on and off in your applications – http://t.co/GxR1fb80Lu
@DailyGrailsTip: Basic tomcat clustering in #Grails – http://t.co/K6uhTWCo53
@DailyGrailsTip: Adding accessibility with #grails fields plugin – http://t.co/0kKfBVuWnS
@rbramley: If you want a free copy of the Feb 2013 issue of GroovyMag & you’re quick you can use voucher code rhn848l http://t.co/fQSiKfCBG4 #Groovy
@dexterous: #GitBlit, a pure #Java stack for managing, viewing, and serving #Git repositories with #Groovy push hooks http://t.co/0qiWk7OoV1
@pledbrook: I’m collecting REST and URL mappings #grails issues into http://t.co/nMmyaFhN10 – you’re welcome to join 🙂
@connolly_s: Congrats to “kortatu” whoever you are… First to complete a deployment to @CloudFoundry using the @CloudBees deployer and a Grails clickstart

Jobs

Java Softwareentwickler – mit Leidenschaft für Groovy/Grails (m/w) – Berlin
Web developer at Ticketbis in Bilbao, Spain
@ddelponte: GoHealth, an internet startup in Chicago, is looking for #grails developers that can work on site. Contact Jeff: http://t.co/jsztpsG3Ky
Grails Developer in London
Senior Software Engineer at The Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA
@GHoveModis: We have a client looking for someone with either Groovy/Grails or Ruby/Rails experience…let me know if you are interested! #modis #ITjobs
Senior Software Engineer / Grails Developer (Cambridge, MA)
Senior Software Engineer at Taulia Inc. in San Francisco, CA
Java Developer with Grails in Baltimore, MD
Java Developer with Groovy & Grails in Bury St Edmunds
Grails Team Leader in South East England
Desenvolvedor Java Sênior – Rio de Janeiro
Software Eng w/ Groovy/Grails at Certify Data in San Jose
Sr. Java Consultant at Qualcomm in San Diego, CA

User groups and Conferences

GR8Conf Europe 2013
- May 22^nd-24^th Copenhagen, Denmark
GR8Conf US 2013
- July 21^st-23^rd Minneapolis, MN
SpringOne 2GX 2013
- September 9^th-12^th Minneapolis, MN

March 14, 2013
- Seattle Groovy/Grails Users Group
All hail the command object: are stateless services the only way? – March 18, 2013
- London Groovy & Grails User Group
Designing and Implementing a RESTful API with Grails – March 20, 2013
- San Francisco Grails Cafe Centro

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