Silly GORM tricks, part III: SQL keywords as attributes
I was writing a very simple Grails application and ran into a problem when I accidentally used a SQL keyword as a property name. This post documents... more »
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Functional Web Services Testing Made Easy with SoapUI - Part 2
Before we begin, a quick Groovy primer. We start with the fact that Groovy is Java and Java is Groovy. If you have written Java code, you have written... more »
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JRuby Won & It Was Fun
One interesting session at JavaOne 2008 was hosted by Raghavan aka Rags from Sun Microsystems. The session was called the Script Bowl and was a war... more »
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Java SwingBuilder: binding done, SwingWorker done, fat trimmed
Jacek 
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Completed work on bean binding, SwingWorker integration for long running methods. Java SwingBuilder is an attempt to bring dynamic language-type... more »
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Grails Podcast Episode 54: Interview with Groovy Lead Guillaume Laforge
This interview was done at the press room of JavaOne 2008, so expect some background noise.. but the overall quality should be quite well. Guillaume... more »
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Script Thy Java App
Let’s imagine a very simple scenario. You are writing an application which would benefit from some user specific customization after deployment. Maybe... more »
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Writing a Simple Issue Tracker in Grails, Part 2
This is the long overdue follow up to my Writing a Simple Issue Tracker in Grails post. In this post I'll be detailing how to add security with the... more »
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invokedynamic: Is It What We Really Need?
invokedynamic from prospective of Groovy Core Developer
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JavaOne Update - Day Three
It is simply amazing how many people and how much energy is at JavaOne. All of the movers and shakers of the industry are here to give out sage words... more »
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javaone 2008 summary/reflection
JavaOne 2008 is over. I’m still processing everything I’ve seen, but so far I didn’t see to much I didn’t know about before; certainly nothing... more »
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Java SwingBuilder: latest updates on binding, SwingWorker and validations
Jacek via jacekfurmankiewicz.blogspot.com
Latest updates on bean binding, SwingWorker integration for long running methods and bean validations. Java SwingBuilder is an attempt to bring... more »
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What methods does my Groovy/Grails class have?
If you’ve ever wondered what methods a groovy class has available for you to call, all you need to do is ask the metaClass...
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Scripting Hadoop Jobs in Groovy
A tool for those groups that need to expose Hadoop to the 'casual' user who needs to get and manipulate valuable data on a Hadoop cluster, but doesn't... more »
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Groovy: The Red Pill
Dynamic languages are coming on strong and this year's JavaOne has quite a bit to talk about. Here is a reflection on one of the Groovy talks.
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Why Groovy as a service layer
We're trying to decide whether to use Groovy or Java as a service layer on a project. This is my argument for Groovy. Would you use Groovy?
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New Eclipse Monkey
As you may or may not know, I have been working on Groovy Monkey for some time now. I think it is a useful tool and has a number of benefits over its... more »
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Helpful error messages in Grails
Currenttly, I'm in the process of building a Grails application. While I've built several prototypes/quick hacks, this is actually the first 'real'... more »
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Groovy / Grails Update from G2One at the No Fluff Just Stuff Meetup
This gathering was put on by the people who take the excellent NFJS series around the United States throughout the year. I was fortunate enough to... more »
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Clean Shutdown of Tomcat without another JVM
I like to do things the right and clean way. And shutting down a service under Linux is done by calling the start-/stop-script under /etc/init.d with... more »
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FEST + Easyb: making UI testing easier
FEST stands for Fixtures for Easy Software Testing, it targets UI testing (Java Swing for the time being). Easyb makes Behavior Driven Development a... more »
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Groovy and Grails at JavaOne
It's less than a week until JavaOne 2008! It is going to be an exciting week packed full of brain stretching content. There will be technical... more »
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Does IDE Support Influence Your Language Choice?
dlinsin via dlinsin.blogspot.com
A huge reason for me to make a little detour to Groovyland, was IntelliJ IDEA's excellent Groovy support. It's almost as good as with Java. Scala's... more »
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Groovy Faster than Ruby? Apparently.
I kind of brushed over Alex's speed improvements in the recent Groovy 1.6-beta1 release, but based on some recent benchmarks it looks like it needs... more »
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The Power of the JVM
In the past couple days, a new project release was announced that has shown once again the potential of the Java platform. Shown how the awesome JVM... more »
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DSLs involving existing classes in Groovy
In order to understand this post you should know a little bit (a little is enough, that is how much I know) about ExpandoMetaClass and Categories in... more »
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