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
Testing Grails Applications with Selenium RC
Published November 25th, 2009 Under Open Source Tools | Leave a Comment
Selenium Remote Control (RC) is a test tool that allows you to write automated web application UI tests in any programming language against any HTTP website using any mainstream JavaScript-enabled browser. In this session, Rob Fletcher gives a talk on his experience using Selenium RC with the Grail framework.
http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/testing-grails-applications-with-selenium-rc
Grails eXchange 2007: Scott Davis on Groovy, Grails and Google Maps: Mashups 101
Published April 24th, 2008 Under Open Source Tools | Leave a Comment
Groovy is a new dynamic language that dramatically speeds up Java development. Grails is a complete web framework in a box, including a web server and a database. Google Maps allows you to add maps to your webpage in a few lines of code. Put all three together and you are built for speed.
In this talk, Scott discussed how to incorporate Google Maps with your database-driven web application. Mashing up local data is one thing: mapping data from other websites like Google Calendar is just as easy. Groovy’s XML parsing capabilities make dealing with web services a breeze. Creating mashup means understanding both web services and Ajax-based mapping services. This talk provided sound fundamentals in both. The rich toolsets out there allow you to spatially-enable data that you never thought of mapping.
Scott Davis is the Editor-in-Chief of AboutGroovy.com, an information portal for all things Groovy and Grails. Scott also frequently presents at international conferences and user groups, and was president of the Denver Java Users Group in 2003
Grails eXchange 2007: Scott Davis on Groovy, Grails and Google Maps: Mashups 101