This Week in Grails (2011-32)

RabbitMQ messaging support for Cloud Foundry was announced this week. Check out this tutorial from Chris Harris using the Cloud Foundry and RabbitMQ plugins.

SpringSource Tool Suite 2.8.0.M1 was released this week and it includes support for Grails 2.0 M1 among other updates and fixes.

There’s an interesting new plugin available which provides “A basic Shiro User Interface” version 1.0-beta3. I’m interested not because I’ll ever use it, but because you might, and this will shift some of the support pressure off the Spring Security plugins and onto the Shiro plugin 🙂

The Groovy team is working on moving their source from SVN to Github. Check out this initial import.

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Miscellaneous Items

Plugins

Interesting Tweets

Jobs

User groups and Conferences

Miscellaneous Items

Plugins

There were 4 new plugins released:

shiro-ui version 1.0-beta3. A basic Shiro User Interface
spring-social-core version 0.1.2. Allows you to connect your applications with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers such as Facebook and Twitter
uploadr version 0.4.2. HTML5 Drag and Drop file uploader
yui-minify-resources version 0.1. Minifies static css and js resources using the YUI Compressor library

and 15 updated plugins:

birt-report version 3.7.0.0. Embeds reports created using the BIRT Report Engine into your application
browser-detection version 0.2. Provides a service and tag library for browser detection
drools-gorm version 0.5.2. Integrates Drools 5.2 and jBPM 5 and provides persistent storage using GORM
grails-yui-widget version 0.1.2. Create YUI Widgets via TagLibs
growler version 0.2. Uses jQuery plugin, and the jGrowl jQuery plugin to allow Growl-like notifications from remote function calls
jquery-file-upload version 0.2. Provides common resources for http://aquantum-demo.appspot.com/file-upload and helper tags
jquery-ui version 1.8.15. Supplies jQuery UI resources, and depends on the jQuery plugin to include the core jquery libraries
jqueryui-widget version 0.1.3. Allows the creation of jQuery-UI via Grails TagLibs
js-tree version 0.2. Integrates the http://www.jstree.com/ jQuery plugin
plugin-config version 0.1.4. Simplifies plugin configuration tasks
sendfile version 0.2. Allow the use of sendfile or X-sendfile functionality of web-servers.
spring-social-twitter version 0.1.3. Connect your applications with Twitter
tiny-mce version 3.4.4. Integrates the TinyMce editor javascript and tags to embed the editor in your GSP pages
transaction-handling version 0.1.3. Advanced management of transactions – a backport of http://jira.grails.org/browse/GRAILS-7093
zkui version 0.3.1. Seamlessly integrates ZK with Grails’ infrastructures; uses the Grails’ infrastructures such as GSP, controllers rather than zk’s zul as in ZKGrails plugin

Interesting Tweets

@baunax: Just released a new version of #Grails #Drools-GORM plugin based on #Drools v5.2.0.Final and #jBPM5 v5.1.0.Final http://t.co/MoloEFb
@wmacgyver: if you are using #groovy http-builder via @Grab, put @GrabExclude(“org.codehaus.groovy:groovy”) to prevent version range scan.
@domix: How to write a Twitter client with zero lines of code https://github.com/synergyj/grails-spring-social-showcase #grails #springSocial
@tednaleid: released the grails redis plugin (old plugin is moving to redis-gorm) adds connection pool, memoization, taglibs, etc http://j.mp/qaF78i%0A
@skillsmatter: Just scheduled for #grailsx 2011: @aalmiray on #griffon and @hans_d on #gradle. Get your ticket here: http://bit.ly/mYPvuI
@epragt: First Junit test pass on #Groovy #Android emulator!! Only 1500 to go! Check #Gradle plugin by @marcinerdmann! http://twitpic.com/63kre7
@pbhalesain: If you are interested in teaching #springframework #grails #playframework #hadoop #Ossoftware please get in touch
@SweGUG: Feel like talking at our next meeting? Would love to get in touch with you i that case! #groovy
@wangjammer5: Three new rules of #Grails plugins 1/3: always pass failFastOnError: xx that you expect when calling domain.save() – or app can break you
@wangjammer5: Three new rules of #Grails plugins 2/3: always set GSP page codec to what you expect/need in *every* plugin GSP – or the app can break you.
@wangjammer5: Three new rules of #Grails plugins 3/3: Always set domains your plugin provides to autoImport false w/GORM mapping DSL or you can break apps
@wangjammer5: And for the record, *none* of my plugins do this yet. It is an emerging pattern of problems pushing us this way. #Grails
@wangjammer5: In essence #Grails plugins must never rely on global application settings.
@Han_Cholo: Freaking sweet I got the DB Console #grails app working on Cloud Foundry! #cfoundry
@pledbrook: #shiro gets a new #grails plugin: http://t.co/6HB6M1h – admin UI & password recovery.
@darthvader42: This week we went live with a ecommerce #grails application for a very large german company – sorry no more details because of NDA
@deanriverson: Exciting news! Looks like Jim Clarke and I may be doing a deep-dive technical session on GroovyFX at #JavaOne. #groovy #javafx #griffon
@Mekaeg: Ruby on Rails!…Groovy and Grails!…Cobol on Cogs? http://t.co/wHGrFrT
@wangjammer5: For those of us who write docs for plugins using grails-doc, @pledbrook is an unsung hero after adding YAML TOC/frontmatter to save us. Tnx
@mengukagan: #grails has a #scala plugin. so when things go worse i can use scala instead of #java. well, yay for me!

Jobs

Groovy/Grails Software Engineer at Vsnap in Boston
Groovy Grails Developer at Bloom Health in Minneapolis, MN
Senior Front End Web Developer at Closely in Denver, CO
Software Engineer – Front End at Taulia in San Francisco
@recruitTopIT: Java, Groovy & Grails full time opportunity both in VA and MO… Interested??..?? Growing company with tons of growth potential… email re…
Software Engineer, Java/Grails at j2 Global Communications in Los Angeles, CA
@jeffurban: Currently looking for Groovy/Grails consultants.
@Zack_Davis: Looking for a Java Developer with Grails experience for a 100% work from home role to start ASAP, message me if interested.
@rotbart: In need of some Groovy/Grails guns in Melbourne- immediate availability, or alternatively Java & RoR masters. Please RT
Web Development Director – Bonita Springs, FL
@mgkimsal: Grails devs – anyone looking for a job in the South (US). Give me a ping.
@Devonshire_Jobs: Ruby/Grails/Rails with a creative side? Want 2 get excited bout ur work environment, colleagues, opportunity? Msg @jasonebowser 2 learn more
@Schmidty71: looking for a experienced Groovy Grails developer for a 6 months. please contact me if interested #grovvy #MNjobs
Web Application Developer : with Groovy & Grails experience : Downtown Toronto

User groups and Conferences

CamelCaseCon – The Next Generation of Programming Languages
- 7. September 2011 in Düsseldorf
SpringOne 2GX 2011
- October 25^th-28^th in Chicago, IL
Greach
- 4 de Noviembre de 2011 en Madrid
Groovy & Grails eXchange
- December 8^th and 9^th in London

Adding High-performance Search to Your Grails App – Tuesday, August 16
- San Francisco Grails Cafe Centro
Domain Specific Languages: Fighting accidental complexity in a sea of technology – Wednesday, August 17, 2011
- Washington DC Area Groovy User Group

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