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This Week in Grails (2011-34)

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Micro Cloud Foundry, a downloadable VMware image that you can run locally to test Cloud Foundry, was released this week. Check out Peter Ledbrook’s blog post on using it with Grails, and also check out this post on using it with Spring applications. In related news Cloud Foundry now has support for PHP and Python.

There’s been some good activity with the user guide translations. There’s a discussion in the grailsEnCastellano Google group about working on a Spanish translation, and the approach they’re taking makes a lot of sense. They’ve setup a shared Google Docs spreadsheet where people can signup for sections to spread the workload among several translators – so far Aitor Alzola (who does the Spanish translations of these posts), Alberto Vilches, Dani Latorre, and Domingo Suarez Torres have committed to sections. If you’re interested in doing a new language translation see this post for how to get started.

Marc Palmer asked people to tweet why they love Grails and the response has been great. Search Twitter for the #whyilovegrails hashtag for people’s responses so far, and tweet your own if you haven’t yet.

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Miscellaneous Items

Plugins

Interesting Tweets

Jobs

User groups and Conferences

Miscellaneous Items

Plugins

There were 3 new plugins released:

compass-scss-integration version 0.2.6. Compass, SASS and SCSS support for Grails
gorm-native-finders version 0.1. Query domain objects using native Groovy closures
simpledb version 0.1. Integrates the AWS SimpleDB datastore into Grails, providing a GORM API onto it

and 14 updated plugins:

ajax-uploader version 0.4. Tag Library which implements Andrew Valum’s excellent file uploader
cloud-foundry version 1.0.3. Integrates Cloud Foundry’s cloud deployment services to manage the running of Grails applications in the cloud from the command line
google-visualization version 0.4.1. Provides a taglib for the interactive charts of the Google Visualization API
gorm-couchdb-elasticsearch version 0.7. Integrates CouchDB with ElasticSearch, indexing domain instances using the Couchdb _change feed
i18n-fields version 0.6.1. Provides a declarative way of localizing domain classes’ fields for different languages
jesque version 0.11.M2. Groovier approach to using jesque
jesque-web version 0.11.M2. Web interface to view and manage jesque queues, jobs and workers
json-rest-api version 1.0.9. JSON RESTful API for GORM
lesscss version 0.9.6. Less CSS framework plugin
lesscss-resources version 0.5. Optimises the use of http://www.lesscss.org css files, compiling .less files into their .css counterprt, and place the css into the processing chain to be available to the other resource plugin features
oauth version 0.11. Provides easy interaction with OAuth service providers
ulc version 0.3.6. Provides access to the Canoo UltraLightClient (ULC) RIA kit
uploadr version 0.4.7. HTML5 Drag and Drop file uploader
zk-ee version 1.0.5. Enterprise Addons for the ZK plugin

Interesting Tweets

@evgeny_goldin: Love #Groovy with{ .. }! new File( fileName ).with{ absolute ? delegate : new File( outputDirectory, fileName )}
@bobbywarner: Playing with #clojure in #grails for the first time today! It’s really easy with the plugin! Nice work @jeffscottbrown !!
@rfletcherEW: Testing a #Groovy app that calls out to http services? You may be interested in Betamax. Feedback appreciated: http://t.co/Hoc3qAb
@rfletcherEW: Betamax now has a (very basic) homepage: http://t.co/hKMbeR4, I’m in the process of trying to get it on Sonatype’s OSS Maven repo. #groovy
@JVMHost: JVM Host – Grails Hosting – Grails 1.3.7 demo started at JVM Host!
http://t.co/L6CUc7l
@dofnup: My Grails skills bring all the boys to the yard … *shakes her scaffolding*
@nofluff: Register Today for the 2011 SpringOne 2GX (Groovy/Grails eXperience)! Early Bird ends Sep 12th(save $200!) http://t.co/ddCEqsB #s12gx #nfjs
@wangjammer5: #Grails users: Tweet with #whyilovegrails why you love Java’s best web app framework & get at least 1 new* follower: me (if I don’t already)
@rajivnarula: Want to learn #groovy and #grails ? #Boston #courses http://t.co/ncDZwue
@pstehlik: My @sfgrails co-founder @mikesalera is teaching #Grails and #Groovy at UC Berkeley Ext. this fall http://t.co/MF5m102
@wangjammer5: Need some #Grails expertise on your project? I have ~50% availability 1st Sept. onwards. Drop me a line. http://t.co/Ho3AfsH [thanks if RT]
@graemerocher: Documentation for the Amazon SimpleDB GORM implementation http://t.co/TDt8vgr #gorm #grails #nosql #aws
@greach_es: Queda exactamente una semana para que se abra el registro de Greach! y tenemos 10 ponentes confirmados! #groovy #grails #griffon
@wangjammer5: #Grails based travel site “Experience Oz” shortlisted in top 25 Australian travel websites: http://t.co/q4H67dH
@sebi2706: Works for Grails too 🙂 http://t.co/jWfXhrM , very funny
@graemerocher: Atlassian crowd-source translations via a #grails app http://t.co/GzqqP1d
@tednaleid: Anyone else think we should start calling Grails + Linux + Apache Tomcat + MySQL the GLAM stack?
@hammbe: #cloudfoundry #grails anyone out there play chinese chess? Check out http://t.co/NipLN7h.
Each move generates new URL you can tweet/email
@brianjohnsendk: Planning the next #gr8conf @ June 6.-8. 2012! It will be #groovy baby, yeah!

Jobs

Senior Groovy and Grails Developer at Vsnap in Boston, MA
Immediate Need for Java/J2EE/Groovy/Grails Developer (Washington, DC)
Senior Roo / Grails developer at Halo Networks in London
@useastjohn: Seeking Sr. SW Engineer / Product Mgr Lead with tech exp in Java, Python, Grails, C, C++, Perl, PHP, CSS, Javascript. Location is Midtown.
@quantumts: 12 month contract in Maryland. Need #groovy on #grails and good #asp. #xml #java #wystar
steve@quantumts.com
@drab_makyo: Looking for lots of web developers! HTML/CSS/jQuery a must, Grails a super big plus! Louisville, CO. Let me know 🙂
URGENT | JAVA Developer with Groovy Grails required in West Dublin – Permanent Job
Java Developer – Groovy Grails JavaScript in London
@ashfeist: is also looking for a Programmer Analyst with #GRAILS experience for a short term contract opportunity in #YVR!
Technical Consultant (Linguistic Expert) in Alicante Spain
Java J2EE Developer in Rockville, Maryland
Groovy Grails/Java/J2EE Developer in Rockville, MD
Java Developer with Grails in Cambridge, MA
Groovy / Grails Developer – Hamburg, Germany
Developer/Analyst – Grails in Tampa, FL
Grails/Groovy Software Engineer – Chandigarh, India

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

Thursday, September 22, 2011
- Seattle Groovy/Grails Users Group

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Esta semana en Grails (2011-34)

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Traducido por Aitor Alzola

Micro Cloud Foundry, una imagen descargable de VMware que puedes ejecutar de manera local para probar Cloud Foundry, ha sido liberada esta semana. Échale un vistazo a la entrada en el blog de Peter Ledbrook sobre como usarlo con Grails, y también esta entrada sobre como usarlo con aplicaciones Spring. Además Cloud Foundry tiene ahora soporte para PHP y Python.

Ha habido bastante actividad con las traducciones de la guía de usuario. Hay una discusión en el grupo de Google grailsEnCastellano sobre trabajar en la traducción al castellano, y el enfoque que han tomado tiene sentido. Tienen una hoja de calculo de Google Docs compartida donde la gente puede reservar secciones para repartir el trabajo entre varios traductores. Hasta ahora Aitor Alzola (quien hace las traducción de estas entradas), Alberto Vilches, Dani Latorre, y Domingo Suarez Torres han reservado secciones. Si estas interesado en hacer una traducción nueva lee esta entrada para saber como empezar.

Marc Palmer ha pedido a la gente “twitear” porque aman Grails y ha hadido una gran respuesta. Buscando en Twitter por el hashtag #whyilovegrails para ver las respuestas de la gente, y “twitea” la tuya sino lo has hecho aún.

Artículos varios

Plugins

Se han lanzado 3 nuevos plugins:

compass-scss-integration versión 0.2.6. Soporte para Compass, SASS y SCSS en Grails
gorm-native-finders versión 0.1. Consultas de clases de dominio usando closures nativas de Groovy.
simpledb versión 0.1. Integra el datastore AWS SimpleDB con Grails, proporcionando una API tipo GORM sobre él.

y 14 plugins fueron actualizados:

ajax-uploader versión 0.4. Una librería de tags que implementa el sistema de subido de ficheros de Andrew Valum.
cloud-foundry versión 1.0.3. Integra servicios de despliegue a la nube de Cloud Foundry para gestionar el funcionamiento de aplicaciones Grails en la nube desde la línea de comando.
google-visualization versión 0.4.1. Proporciona una taglib para charts interactivos del API de Google Visualization.
gorm-couchdb-elasticsearch versión 0.7. Integra CouchDB con ElasticSearch, indexando instancias de dominio usando el feed Couchdb _change.
i18n-fields versión 0.6.1. Proporciona una manera declarativa de localizar los nombres de los campos de clases de dominio a diferentes lenguajes.
jesque versión 0.11.M2. Una aproximación más Groovy para usar jesque.
jesque-web versión 0.11.M2. Una interface web para ver y manejar colas, trabajos y “workers” de jesque.
json-rest-api versión 1.0.9. API RESTful API para GORM con JSON.
lesscss versión 0.9.6. Plugin para usar el framework CSS LesCss.
lesscss-resources versión 0.5. Optimiza el uso de los ficheros css de http://www.lesscss.org, compilando los ficheros .less en sus correspondientes .css, y sitúa el css en la cadena de proceso para que este disponible para otros plugins que utilicen esos recursos.
oauth versión 0.11. Proporciona una interacción fácil con proveedores de servicio OAuth.
ulc versión 0.3.6. Proporciona acceso a kit RIA Canoo UltraLightClient (ULC).
uploadr versión 0.4.7. Para subir fichero mediante Drag and Drop con HTML5.
zk-ee versión 1.0.5. Addons empresarial para el plugin ZK.

Tweets interesantes

@evgeny_goldin: Love #Groovy with{ .. }! new File( fileName ).with{ absolute ? delegate : new File( outputDirectory, fileName )}
@bobbywarner: Playing with #clojure in #grails for the first time today! It’s really easy with the plugin! Nice work @jeffscottbrown !!
@rfletcherEW: Testing a #Groovy app that calls out to http services? You may be interested in Betamax. Feedback appreciated: http://t.co/Hoc3qAb
@rfletcherEW: Betamax now has a (very basic) homepage: http://t.co/hKMbeR4, I’m in the process of trying to get it on Sonatype’s OSS Maven repo. #groovy
@JVMHost: JVM Host – Grails Hosting – Grails 1.3.7 demo started at JVM Host!

http://t.co/L6CUc7l
@dofnup: My Grails skills bring all the boys to the yard … *shakes her scaffolding*
@nofluff: Register Today for the 2011 SpringOne 2GX (Groovy/Grails eXperience)! Early Bird ends Sep 12th(save $200!) http://t.co/ddCEqsB #s12gx #nfjs
@wangjammer5: #Grails users: Tweet with #whyilovegrails why you love Java’s best web app framework & get at least 1 new* follower: me (if I don’t already)
@rajivnarula: Want to learn #groovy and #grails ? #Boston #courses http://t.co/ncDZwue
@pstehlik: My @sfgrails co-founder @mikesalera is teaching #Grails and #Groovy at UC Berkeley Ext. this fall http://t.co/MF5m102
@wangjammer5: Need some #Grails expertise on your project? I have ~50% availability 1st Sept. onwards. Drop me a line. http://t.co/Ho3AfsH [thanks if RT]
@graemerocher: Documentation for the Amazon SimpleDB GORM implementation http://t.co/TDt8vgr #gorm #grails #nosql #aws
@greach_es: Queda exactamente una semana para que se abra el registro de Greach! y tenemos 10 ponentes confirmados! #groovy #grails #griffon
@wangjammer5: #Grails based travel site “Experience Oz” shortlisted in top 25 Australian travel websites: http://t.co/q4H67dH
@sebi2706: Works for Grails too http://t.co/jWfXhrM , very funny
@graemerocher: Atlassian crowd-source translations via a #grails app http://t.co/GzqqP1d
@tednaleid: Anyone else think we should start calling Grails + Linux + Apache Tomcat + MySQL the GLAM stack?
@hammbe: #cloudfoundry #grails anyone out there play chinese chess? Check out http://t.co/NipLN7h.
Each move generates new URL you can tweet/email
@brianjohnsendk: Planning the next #gr8conf @ June 6.-8. 2012! It will be #groovy baby, yeah!