This Week in Grails (2011-11)

STS 2.6.0 was released this week and there are lots of Grails and Groovy enhancements. Check out these links for all of the details:

There were also two high-profile Grails-powered applications launched this week, http://www.mtvhive.com/ and http://www.mtvmusicmeter.com/ (via @mkopit)

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Miscellaneous Items

Plugins

Interesting Tweets

Jobs

User groups and Conferences

Miscellaneous Items

Plugins

There were 3 new plugins released:

bluetrip version 0.3.990835d. Integration with the Bluetrip CSS framework
disqus version 0.1. Embed Disqus system into your application
grid-tags version 0.2. Provides a set of tags to easily utilize the power of CSS frameworks like Blueprint and Bluetrip

There were 4 updated plugins:

export version 0.9. Export domain objects to a variety of formats (CSV, Excel, ODS, PDF, RTF and XML)
gemfire version 1.0.0.M2. The GemFire plugin provides integration with the GemFire in-memory distributed data management platform
jquery-validation-ui version 1.2.1. Client Side Validation without writing JavaScript
rabbitmq version 0.3.2. Integrates with Rabbit MQ messaging

Interesting Tweets

@dsommerville_nw: Got #spock and #geb functional tests working in #grails yesterday via #intellij using remote-control plugin: http://bit.ly/fKSf9t #bigwin
@sbglasius: Grails plugins: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3293991/Grails_plugins #grails
@ppanthe: pither.com: Grails multi-version launch script http://bit.ly/ei1S0F
@dani_latorre: Check out this SlideShare presentation : Un poco más allá con grails. PrimerViernes http://slidesha.re/fm8gww
@sweemeng: look like someone is launching Grails user group in malaysia, again http://bit.ly/f8JREo
@svjson: Yup. Whipping up a simple RESTful interface in #grails was every bit as easy as advertised.
@smaldini: first bench results – #grails 1.4 have less memory footprint and looks like faster (using action and tag methods / controller app-scoped
@smaldini: grails 1.4 tip : avoid ****Holder classes from #grails or you will be flooded by warn messages
@synergyj: Próximos cursos:
Groovy & Grails http://bit.ly/cIZEWs
Web con Java http://bit.ly/dQqX7h
Persistencia con Hibernate http://bit.ly/ea92ac
@absolut1978: Published some examples how to test #grails apps with #spock http://code.google.com/p/grails-spock-examples/
@andy_clement: #sts 2.6.0 is out! New #groovy http://tinyurl.com/482xh2b and #grails http://tinyurl.com/4rxdjuf related features.
@andy_clement: initial effort for groovy 1.8 support in #groovy #eclipse done – a release should be out in the next few days
@mkopit: Launched first two MTV Grails sites! Discover some new music today http://www.mtvhive.com/ http://www.mtvmusicmeter.com/ #Grails #Music #MTV

Jobs

Software Engineer at EnergyScoreCards.com in NYC
Senior Java Developer – Senior Grails Engineer – Senior Groovy
Java Developer at Bradley Corporation in Menomonee Falls, WI
Grails Developer at Jworks in The Netherlands
Java Developer – Oxfordshire
@hartsock: We’re hiring! Looking for people who know their way around Java, Spring, and of course Groovy and Grails is nice too.
développeur Groovy/Grails (freelance)
J2EE (Grails) Software Engineer at j2 Global Communications in LA
Java EE Architect
Java Groovy/Grails Ontwikkelaar
Principal Web Architect at a stealth startup in Denver/Boulder Colorado
@xrb: A friend of mine is looking for a Java/Grails programmer for an NGO in Africa (project duration 3-4 months). Ping me if interested.
Développeur GRAILS ou SPRING/HIBERNATE – H/F – Sevres
Grails-Entwickler

User groups and Conferences

GeeCON 2011
- May 11-14, 2011 Krakow, Poland
GR8 Conference Europe 2011
- May 17^th-19^th in Copenhagen
GR8 Conference US 2011
- June 27^th-28^th in Minneapolis, MN

Les tests du futur avec Spock !
- Paris Groovy and Grails User Group, March 28, 2011
Søren Berg Glasius: Groovy og Grails for Javaudviklere
- GOTO GeekNight, April 12, 2011
Natural Language Testing and Infinispan Data Grid, 18 Apr 2011
- London GGUG

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