Building Killer RIAs with Flex and Grails
Published December 31st, 2009 Under Flex, Open Source Tools | Leave a Comment
Adobe Flex is a Rich Internet Application framework that allows developers to build robust and powerful applications for the web and the desktop. In this talk, Tomas Lin discusses the major technologies and tools available within the Grails / Flex ecosystem and dive into building a simple and fun application using the Flex plugin, BlazeDS, Grails and Flash Builder 4.
http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/building-killer-rias-with-flex-and-grails
Create Slick UIs for your Grails Apps with GWT
Published December 29th, 2009 Under Open Source Tools | Leave a Comment
GWT is a powerful toolkit from Google that enables you to create rich and dynamic user interfaces for the browser using Java. There’s no need to learn a new language (Javascript) and you can keep your existing Java IDE and tools.
http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/create-slick-uis-for-your-grails-apps-with-gwt
RIA without the Javascript – GWT and Grails
Published December 7th, 2009 Under Open Source Tools | Leave a Comment
The Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is an AJAX framework that enables developers to create rich user web pages with Java, it makes use of type-checking and code re-use. GWT compiles Java code to generate fast, cross-platform Javascript. The GWT-GRAILS plugin incorporates GWT code into your GSP pages, and it also simplifies the handling of RPC requests on the server. in this session, Peter Ledbrooke tells us more about the grails plugin for GWT.
http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/ria-without-the-javascript-gwt-and-grails-1171
Introduction to Building Desktop-Style UIs: JavaScript on Grails
Published June 12th, 2009 Under AJAX, Javascript, Open Source Tools | Leave a Comment
The demand for increased interactivity with today’s web applications has resulted in a need to bring the familiar UI features of the desktop to the Web. With the availability of mature 3rd party JavaScript libraries, AJAX technology (DOM, CSS, JavaScript) provides a feasible way to fill this need. The presenter will walk through building rich web apps using Yahoo! UI (YUI) and Ext JS JavaScript libraries on the Grails platform. The presenter will also demonstrate ways of implementing basic and advanced features using these libraries.
Agile Web Development with Grails
Published May 28th, 2008 Under AJAX, Open Source Tools | Leave a Comment
Agile Development is all about developing code and seeking feedback from your users to make sure you’re developing what’s relevant. When changes are suggested, they must be affordable and reliable.
Grails, along with its facility to develop test driven, is a killer combination for rapidly developing web applications. In this ZePo (Zero PowerPoint) presentation, Venkat took a test driven approach to developing a small, but, fully functional web application in Grails. Venkat covered the fundamental features of Grails along with utilising other capabilities like Ajax. At the end of this presentation Grails eXchange delegates were not only confident, but eager to roll their own web applications using Grails.
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