This Week in Grails (2012-44)

Miscellaneous Items

• Derived Properties In Grails
• Write unit tests with Spock: a tutorial to get you started
• Grails Docs Helper Script
• Grails GSP tag: grep
• Geb and Sikuli – Adding image recognition to help your functional tests see
• Jerry: A jQuery Like API for DOM Parsing
• An easier way to exclude methods from Grails JMX plugin services
• Grails 2.x Deployed to Websphere 7ish
• This Week in Spring – 30 October, 2012

Plugins

There was one new plugin released:

• modules-manager version 0.2.1. Creates resources modules using packaged resources from Maven central repository

and 15 updated plugins:

• address version 0.2. An address domain object that can be embedded in other domain object to save redefining it all the time
• airbrake version 0.9.0. Notifier plugin for integrating apps with Airbrake
• cache version 1.0.1. Adds controller action, service method, and JSP fragment caching
• database-migration version 1.2. Official Grails plugin for database migrations
• external-config-reload version 1.2.2. Polls for changes to external configuration files (files added to grails.config.locations), reloads the configuration when a change has occurred, and notifies specified plugins by firing the onConfigChange event in each
• facebook-sdk version 0.4.3. Allows your application to use the Facebook Platform and develop Facebook apps on Facebook.com or on web sites (with Facebook Connect)
• fixtures version 1.2. Load test data via a convenient DSL
• html5-mobile-scaffolding version 0.4. Scaffolds HTML5 mobile application using jQuery mobile in a single page
• jsonp version 0.2. Override render method defined for all controller to add parameter callback function name to provide cross domain JSONP RESTful controllers
• kickstart-with-bootstrap version 0.8.6. Start your project with a good looking frontend, with adapted scaffolding templates for standard CRUD pages using Twitter Bootstrap
• neo4j version 1.0.0.M4. GORM for Neo4j
• newrelic version 0.4. Adds the NewRelic Real User Monitoring feature to your GSP pages
• spock version 0.7. Brings the power of the Spock testing and specification framework to Grails
• spring-security-saml version 1.0.0.M17. SAML 2.x support for the Spring Security Plugin
• twitter-bootstrap version 2.2.1. Twitter Bootstrap CSS framework resource files

Interesting Tweets

• @tsuyocky: NTT Software launches #Groovy/#Grails support, education and consulting service: http://t.co/8XCnmIKg (backed up by VMware!)
• @xala3pa: Grails AngularJS web example mobile app – http://t.co/hoMdfE0a
• @winkler1: TodayILearned: #groovy List.getAt(int idx) will return null for a bad index-unlike ArrayList.get(int idx). Whah?!! –println (['a'][1])
• @jurberg: An easier way to exclude methods from Grails JMX plugin services: http://t.co/ppC1LY6H
• @DailyGrailsTip: Change constraint defaults by setting global constraints http://t.co/ukI8anr6
• @pledbrook: Playing with #groovy koans – http://t.co/WD2eNO3V – and liking what I see. Well thought out and worth contributing to. #groovy
• @osoco: Grails support for Sublime Text 2 https://t.co/cWgzSJzX #grails (@ArturoHerrero)
• @craigburke1: Transitioning from writing database scripts to #grails database migration on a project. Man, this is good stuff.
• @glaforge: My #groovy 2.0 webinar video published: http://t.co/bYkAWsyv and slides: http://t.co/St0uMjau
• @marcoVermeulen: The GroovyConsole still remains my fav piece of kit for trying out new #groovy tricks.
• @grails_rocks: Add your #grails & #groovy conferences / meetups / UGs / offered jobs to the Grails Rocks notice board http://t.co/VK4YeeHE & follow it
• @smaldini: so I’ll talk about Grails events, async and integration with Atmosphere, Vert.x and Spring Integration at GGX 2012 – quite excited
• @breskeby: updated #grails support in #macports to 2.2.0-RC2. use grails-devel port!
• @gvmtool: Get #grails 2.2.0.RC2 on #gvm now!
  ‘gvm install grails 2.2.0.RC2′
• @mikekhusid: @sheetsj try #openshift. grails example https://t.co/5NaRANRU custom domains https://t.co/dgjY81p1
• @tomaslin: Had to restart my toy project on Heroku – http://t.co/EpTLDE9Q – 8 months uptime not bad.
• @energizedwork: w00t! @tomdcc will be talking about “Debugging Grails Database Performance” at London’s Groovy Grails Exchange #ggx – http://t.co/pDaubg9P
• @DailyGrailsTip: The built-in documentation engine can generate a pdf file when you pass in the –pdf flag – http://t.co/AiALjYCq
• @kenkousen: G in spock is silent @jeffscottbrown: @neal4d @bsletten … top “G” technology is fierce. #grails #groovy #gradle #git #spock (oh, wait)
• @albertovilches: Abierta la inscripción de Greach! Aprovecha el early bird hasta el 30 de Nov: http://t.co/bG2Qgl0r
• @DailyGrailsTip: Need more details about a #grails plugin? Call plugin-info on it – http://t.co/zCUa0TEv
• @Grails48: 200 hackers, 23 teams, awesome partners, mentors, judges and only 6 days away. If ur not excited u should be #Grails #Groovy #Grails48
• @nagai_masato: gbench 0.4.0 released !! #groovy project site: http://t.co/Ihhfka46 release notes: http://t.co/lXuk367W
• @marioggar: http://t.co/A7lGhoPI #groovy compiled to #javascript
• @DailyGrailsTip: Want to find out more about how dataBinding changes in #grails 2.3 – check out the wiki – http://t.co/PZA74Vw4
• @bobbywarner: I’m excited to be a speaker at Groovy & Grails Exchange in London this year! #ggx #grails
• @craigburke1: Nice! Got some of my code merged into the new #grails site early this morning. I might have to do that again

Jobs

• Dice keyword search for Grails
• Monster keyword search for Grails
• Careerbuilder keyword search for Grails
• SpringSourceJob Twitter feed
• SpringSource job search at jobs.vmware.com

• Especialista WEB – Java – JavaScript(HTML5) – Grails – Jacarepaguá – RJ
• Contract Groovy / Grails Developer – Agile, RESTful in Watford, Hertfordshire
• Senior Java Developer in Atlanta, GA
• Senior Software Craftsman with Java/Grails exp in Ann Arbor, MI
• Software Engineer – Groovy/Grails in Lexington, MA
• @hybrisCole: estamos buscando 3 desarrolladores Java en PureSrc (Hibernate/SpringMVC/PostgreSQL/TwitterBootstrap), ojala Grails, muy buen salario
• @csterwa: BTW. We are still hiring developers in our @RallySoftware Kirkland location working on #grails #groovy #javascript #mongodb & more – plz RT
• Test Driven Developer opening at virtuwell in Minneapolis
• Java or Grails Developer – Java, Groovy, Spring in Irvine, CA
• Java Web Developer with Groovy & Grails experience in Plano, TX
• Groovy/Grails (Java/Spring) Developer – Санкт-Петербург
• @fxthoorens: I am hiring in France for my 2 #grails projects, @Grails48 is the first and last step before interview. Ping me to be part of the team.
• Grails developer in the GTA area, Ontario

User groups and Conferences

• Groovy & Grails eXchange 2012
  • 13^th-14^th December, London
• Greach 2013
  • January 25^th-26^th, Madrid

• November 8, 2012
  • Seattle Groovy/Grails Users Group
• Groovy & Grails Introduction – November 21, 2012
  • Groovy & Grails Israel Meetup Group