This Week in Grails (2013-10)

Miscellaneous Items

• jlabgroovy (“GroovyLab”): Matlab-like scientific computing in Groovy
• Groovy Actors – Václav Pech at Devoxx
• Grails Goodness: Conditionally Load Bean Definitions from resources.groovy
• Grails Goodness: Using Spring Bean Aliases
• Grails Seminar at JDriven
• This Week in Spring – March 5th, 2013

Plugins

There were 3 new plugins released:

• dropwizard version 0.1. Adds support for Dropwizard
• file-server version 0.1. Serves files from any directories on disk
• health-control version 0.1. Automated control of services, resources and other things that might fail from time to time

and 14 updated plugins:

• aws-sdk version 1.3.33. Use the Amazon Web Services infrastructure services
• bootstrap-crumbs version 1.0.2. Provide simple breadcrumb functionality using the twitter bootstrap library
• coffeescript-compiler version 0.9.2. Compiles .coffee source files into .js files
• cxf-client version 1.5.1. Use existing (or new) Apache CXF wsdl2java generated content to invoke SOAP services
• gson version 1.0.1. Provides alternate JSON (de)serialization using Google’s Gson library
• hd-image-utils version 0.4. High quality image manipulation plugin for scaling and cropping images. Uses the pure Java java-image-scaling library
• ic-alendar version 0.3.5. Export event data in the iCalendar format
• jesque version 0.6.0. Groovier approach to using jesque
• kickstart-with-bootstrap version 0.9.6. Start your project with a good looking frontend, with adapted scaffolding templates for standard CRUD pages using Twitter Bootstrap
• mongodb version 1.2.0. Aims to provide an object-mapping layer on top of MongoDB
• recaptcha version 0.6.2. Integrates ReCaptcha and Mailhide services
• resources version 1.2. A resource management and processing framework
• sharding version 0.9. Defines multiple database shards to horizontally scale data
• wslite version 0.7.2.0. Integrates the https://github.com/jwagenleitner/groovy-wslite library

Interesting Tweets

• @lhotari: I’m working on #Grails 2.3 encoding/escaping/XSS prevention improvements https://t.co/bkWUzQG6x7 . It helps developers write safer web apps
• @semsquare: #Groovy is like Java but in colors
• @springone2gx: Register now for the SpringOne 2GX 2013 Super Early Bird rate! http://t.co/e06j2D4IB5 Santa Clara, Sep 9-12, 2013 #s2gx #s12gx @springsource
• @DailyGrailsTip: #Grails 2.2 forked tomcat execution – http://t.co/4liaphaDzZ
• @SpringSource: Enter to win Spring Swag and a pass to @springone2gx here: http://t.co/fBS71mxjyY #springsource #springframework #springone #s12gx
• @DailyGrailsTip: #grails 2.3 will bring improved dependency resolution with Aether – http://t.co/TZf2Mocfbx
• @tim_yates: Lunchtime messing around with #groovy AST transforms https://t.co/2eyuz2ziF8
• @rfletcherEW: Various fixes related to bidirectional associations RT @grailsplugins: Gson Plugin 1.0.1 released: http://t.co/ByoDQdeiA6
• @grails_rocks: I have some contract consulting/development work capacity in March and more in April onwards. Let me know if you need #grails help.
• @DailyGrailsTip: Better Data binding in #grails 2.3 – https://t.co/gfPXsdiNFS
• @CedricChampeau: Did you know that #gpars supports actors/STM/dataflows/promises? And it’s not only for #groovy, plain #java too! http://t.co/ngUD3EeYO9
• @tim_yates: Watched Jim Weirich: Adventures in Functional Programming http://t.co/WKvkaWBEJt and had to try it in #Groovy https://t.co/JqOAnZ2Fob
• @fergjo: Finished all but #Groovy #koans 11, I am calling it done enough. If you want to sharpen #Groovy skills or learn it http://t.co/Z0LIcdfJ86
• @DailyGrailsTip: Good series – build google calendar with #Grails – http://t.co/gP03vpFBlQ
• @tomaslin: In the last http://t.co/NvsIVFMQjO podcast, we talked about micro frameworks in #groovy – http://t.co/ySzCxq9ocH – check out the list!
• @CedricChampeau: Un générateur de scandale alimentaire ! http://t.co/AANfntet3r Ecrit avec #grooscript, convertisseur #groovy vers #javascript
• @nagai_masato: GBench 0.4.1 released! The release includes an important bug fix for invokedynamic https://t.co/d2RFD2Hnc7 #groovy
• @hippiesus: Podcast de GrailsMx, temporada 2 episodio 3 – http://t.co/Um8gbHZmUo
• @DailyGrailsTip: To disable transitive dependencies in #grails BuildConfig, set transitive = false – http://t.co/e2RpQtS8e7

Jobs

• Dice keyword search for Grails
• Monster keyword search for Grails
• Careerbuilder keyword search for Grails
• SpringSourceJob Twitter feed
• SpringSource job search at jobs.vmware.com

• @jaceklaskowski: Looking for a #job as a #Groovy developer in #Warsaw, #Poland? Ping me. I’d provide the contact #in
• Java/J2ee lead with Grails, Groovy in Omaha, NE
• Senior Java/Grails Developer in Dubai
• Java Developer / Analyst – Licensing Applications at MathWorks in Natick, MA
• @ctrhude: Hiring 3 engineers familiar with any of the following: PHP, Rails, Grails at LA tech scene’s best kept $700MM, public company secret.
• Senior Software Engineer at Affinnova in Waltham, MA
• @mattchallis: Looking for a #freelance #Java #Grails #Groovy #developer for long term contract – matthew@cogsagency.com #contracts #jobs
• Senior Software Engineer for Sports Applications – Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA
• Solution Architect (Groovy / Grails) in Redmond, WA
• Grails Developer in Sunnyvale, CA
• Java Developer at Dealer.com
• Java Developer (m/w) – Hamburg, Germany
• @vincoorbis: ¿Desarrollas para web? ¿Te interesa aprender Groovy/Grails? ¿Buscas trabajo? ¡En @vincoorbis hay! inf. rh @ http://t.co/zvVVbwUrUT
• Développeur JAVA/Grails expérimenté – GameTube – Paris/Toulouse
• Grails Architect with Java in Dublin
• Java Grails-Entwickler (m/w) – Berlin
• Anwendungsentwickler / – in (Java / Grails und Datenbanken) – Köln
• @bad_lighting: I have a Grails/Java position available in Scottsdale, AZ with immediate availability. Very agressive pay and an outstanding client!
• Java Developer – Grails, Solr, Scala in London
• Senior Grails Developer in Portland, OR
• Grails (Java) Developers at Siteminder
• Java Groovy/Grails developer in Harrisburg, PA
• Java/Groovy Developers in Greater Toronto
• Dynamic Language Consultant

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 Santa Clara, CA

• 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