false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177126314m/683165.jpg 683165 1 <div id = "quote"> <blockquote cite="http://www.indicthreads.com"> <p> Grails is a breath of fresh air for Java developers</p> </blockquote> <p id="quoteAuthor">&#8212; Read the interview with Graeme Rocher at http://www.indicthreads.com</p></div> <p>Reviewed and endorsed by Guillaume Laforge and Dierk Koenig of Groovy, <i>The Definitive Guide to Grails</i>, by Grails lead Graeme Rocher, is for anyone looking for a more agile approach to web development with a dynamic scripting language such as Groovy. It will show you the new direction web frameworks are taking and specifically how a dynamic scripting language like Groovy can be harnessed on the JavaTM platform for productive Grails development.</p> <p>This book takes you through the Grails development life cycle, including its project infrastructure, screen generation, full automatic object mapping to relational database systems, and a flexible, easy-to-use web layer. This book also demonstrates how Grails complements Java web development. Topics include creating domain classes in the Java platform while still accessing advanced features like dynamic persistent methods, using Grails controllers to call business logic written in the Java specification, and testing your Java application logic using Grails test cases.</p> <ul> <li>The author tackles new issues like writing web applications with dynamic languages, an agile approach, Ajax, and more.</li> <li>The Java platform has always been about choice, and this book demonstrates how you can use select aspects of Grails that you choose.</li> <li>The book makes up for the current lack of solid Groovy documentation.</li> </ul> 669553 2006 The Definitive Guide to Grails (Definitive Guide) total:3|4:2|2:1| 3 10 11 0 2 0 false false Sat Oct 03 07:16:49 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 07:16:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 22 09:03:56 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 09:03:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 13 12:33:56 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 00:46:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 08 08:13:23 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 12:56:50 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 08:13:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 10 10:30:17 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 10:30:20 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 05 17:05:27 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 04:26:46 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jun 18 05:25:12 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 16 05:34:03 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon May 26 08:55:29 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 08:55:29 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu May 22 12:18:29 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 12:18:36 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue May 20 15:12:06 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 15:12:06 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Oct 16 18:06:01 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 18:06:01 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=683165