It's been quite a while since this blog featured information on GraphicsBuilder, I'm pleased to announce that the builder is not dead, it actually has been rebooted with a new name, GfxBuilder, its sources can now be found under the Griffon umbrella project.

Developing this application was interesting for me because this was for me the first time I used google maps in some of my application. Also new for me was geocoding but actually this turned out to be as easy as reuse formulas available online. Currently on USA is covered but Europe should come soon.

Obviously I’m very passionate about quality of software. That’s why I’m going to beg everybody to download Grails 1.2M1 and run it with their existing apps and plugins locally, especially running all your own tests (you have lots of those, right?).

Cue some tasty blues: ##Well, I woke up this morning…Had a question I wanted to know…Is a closure def as efficient to call as a method def?##