Archive for July 18th, 2011

This Week in Grails (2011-28)

Monday, July 18th, 2011

This week was a bit quieter than previous, I suppose due to vacations and other summer-related distractions. One place that has seen a steady stream of activity is stackoverflow.com. The questions tagged with Grails and Groovy have increased quite a bit in the past few months.

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Miscellaneous Items

Plugins

Interesting Tweets

Jobs

User groups and Conferences

Miscellaneous Items

Plugins

There were 4 new plugins released:

gchimp version 0.2.6. An interface for the MailChimp 1.2. API
jesque version 0.1. Groovier approach to using jesque
jesque-web version 0.1. Web interface to view and manage jesque queues, jobs and workers
rollback-on-exception version 0.1. Initiate rollback on any exception in a grails service marked as transactional.

and 10 updated plugins:

cloud-foundry version 1.0.1. Integrates Cloud Foundry’s cloud deployment services to manage the running of Grails applications in the cloud from the command line
cloud-foundry-ui version 1.0.1. Provides a basic monitoring UI for Cloud Foundry applications
constraints version 0.6.0. Allows you to create custom domain Constraints for validating Domain objects
force-response-download version 0.1.2. Forces the browser to open a dialog for downloading content produced within controller actions
freemarker-tags version 0.7.0. Use Grails Dynamic Tag Libraries as Freemarker directives
grails-melody version 1.6. Integrates the JavaMelody system monitoring tool
remote-pagination version 0.2.6. Provides tags for pagination and to sort columns without page refresh using Ajax and loads only the list of objects needed
serializable-session version 0.3. Enforces that the session will only accept serializable objects
twitter4j version 0.2. Send and receive Twitter messages using the twitter4j library
viaboxx-dbmigrate version 1.3.0. Setup and migrate the database of your project

Interesting Tweets

@gridgain: Groovy++ based DSL for #GridGain is coming with 3.1.1 release this weekend. Stay tuned!…
@ztolley: #Mongodb & Grails = fast dynamic coolness… can create a really fast app with a flexible schema
@bendoerr: #Grails web flow unit testing now available in 2.0 http://jira.grails.org/browse/GRAILS-7379 My largest contribution so far.
@rrobsonmafra: Estudando Grails! Para um overview o livro “Grails A Quick-Start Guide” de Dave Klein é excelente.
@epragt: #Groovy #Android passes all 4115 unit tests, only small code changes were needed. Nice!! /cc @marcinerdmann http://twitpic.com/5prnej
@marcinerdmann: #grails functional testing goodness: geb + spock + fixtures + build-test-data
@bmantoni: I love that I can rewrite a 1k line #struts app in a little bit of #grails, send him a war to deploy, and no one is the wiser 🙂
@ChandranJay: Annmap Genome browser. http://t.co/GuC9sIR Build using #Grails.
@pmcneil: I have just released version 0.3 of One Ring Rules Engine with new Ace editor http://t.co/KgUEV0Y #Groovy #Grails #Ace

Jobs

@refactr: We are looking to hire several web/mobile app developers. Check us out at the @groovymn meeting tomorrow night. #groovy #grails #java #jobs
@JackSowter: Work is looking for a Java developer. Especially someone who knows grails. #job
@arrowsgrouprec: is looking for a Groovy on Grails developer for a 3 month contract
Java / Grails Developer Job in Manchester
@divillysausages: Looking for a #groovy/#grails dev for a permanent job based in paris 20th arrondissement. experience + independent desired. RT pls
Grails/Groovy in Minneapolis
@webcrowdnet: @grailsframework WANTED: Senior Grails Developer in Munich, Germany. We’ll sponsor a ug.meetup if we find some1. Details http://t.co/Zn4S8xx
Groovy on Grails, UI, Java, Ruby, Developer in London
@Dreusicke: We hire Java-Developers (preferentially Grails) in Berlin. Project: Semantic Publishing. md@paux.de +49 (160) 94 658 928 www.paux.de
@ARGConsultants: @groovytweets followers, please follow my company. I currently have an opportunity with a bay area company needing a Java/Grails expert.
@dun4n: Cherche dev #Groovy / #Grails avec expérimenté et autonome, poste basé sur Paris 20. RT plz 🙂
Ingenieur Developpeur Java – Grails – Paris
Программист Java\GRAILS
Software Developer; 12-month contract in Dublin, Ireland
J2EE Drools or Grails Developer in Minneapolis