Installing a Grails Development Environment on Windows
Updated for Grails 2.2.x In this Grails Example, we will set up our development environment on a Windows system. This first video shows you how to install Grails and Java on Windows. To install Grails,...
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Updated for Grails 2.3.x Video #4: In this Grails Example, we will set up our development environment on an OS X environment. This first video shows you how to install Grails and Java on OS X. To...
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In this Grails Example, we will set up our development environment on a Linux system. Video #6 shows how to install Grails and Java on Linux Learn about the new Grails Academy magazine Video #7 shows...
View ArticleCreating a Basic Stack
In this Grails Example, we will set up the Project Tracker application and create a simple controller, view, and model. Video #8 shows how to create the Project Tracker project in Eclipse Video #9...
View ArticleDesigning the Data Model
In this Grails Example, we will design and build the remaining models for the ProjectTracker Application. We will first design the data model on paper by defining the individual entities, which will...
View ArticleInstant UI – Dynamic Scaffolding
In this Grails Example, we will invoke a powerful feature of Grails called Dynamic Scaffolding. With a simple one-line command in our controllers, Grails will dynamically build an HTML 5 user...
View ArticleConstraints and Static Scaffolding
In this Grails Example, we add validation constraints to our model. This limits the data that an end-user can enter into our scaffolded views. Constraints in your model definition are automatically...
View ArticleBasic Security
In this Grails Example, we complete the ProjectTracker application by implementing basic security. Although this is not a comprehensive discussion on web application security, you learn how to create...
View ArticleWhat is Groovy?
Why does Grails use Groovy for its core programming language? Why not just use Java? In this episode of Grails Example, we present a brief slide show that talks about the shortcomings of Java and why...
View ArticleDeploying a Grails Application Using AppFog
Once your application is all tested and ready to go, you need to package it up and deploy it on a JVM application server. Hosting applications in the cloud is becoming more popular with platform...
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