SpringSource

Presentation: "Grails for Spring Developers"

Time: Wednesday 10:30 - 11:45

Location: Grand Ball Room

Abstract:

In this talk the Grails project lead, Graeme Rocher, introduces a new way to develop web applications with the Spring framework. The Grails web application framework, based on the Groovy language with powerful Spring underpinnings, is lowering the barrier of entry to Java EE development with Spring.

Through clever use of DSLs and convention-over-configuration Grails dramatically reduces the complexity of web development while still allowing the flexibility of the underlying frameworks such as Spring MVC, Web Flow and Hibernate. This session will guide you through the basics of Grails, and preview its power features such as GORM, GSP and Web Flow.

Graeme Rocher, Project Lead of the Grails Project & CTO of G2One

Graeme Rocher

Graeme Rocher is the project lead and co-founder of the Grails web application framework. He's a member of the JSR-241 Expert Group which standardizes the Groovy language.

Graeme authored the Definitive Guide to Grails for Apress and is a frequent speaker at JavaOne, JavaPolis, NoFluffJustStuff, JAOO, the Sun TechDays and more.

Before founding G2One Inc, Graeme was the CTO of SkillsMatter, a skills transfer company specializing in Open Source technology and agile software development, where Graeme was in charge of the company's courseware development strategy and general technical direction.