Getting Started with Grails
Subtitle: Rapid Web Development for the Java Platform
Publisher: InfoQ
Published: January 17, 2007
Place of publication: Canada
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781430307822
First sentence: Grails is an open-source web application framework that’s all about getting things done.
Description: Grails is an open-source, rapid web application development framework that provides a super-productive full-stack programming model based on the Groovy scripting language and built on top of Spring, Hibernate, and other standard Java frameworks. Ruby on Rails pioneered the innovative coupling of a powerful programming language and an opinionated framework that favors sensible defaults over complex configuration, but many organizations aren't yet ready to stray from the safety of Java or forgo their current Java investments. Grails makes it possible to achieve equivalent productivity in a Java-centric environment. Over the course of this book, the reader will explore the various aspects of Grails and also experience Grails by building a Grails app.