Salt Lake Software Symposium

July 18 - 19, 2008 - Salt Lake City, UT


Marriott Salt Lake City University Park
480 Wakara Road
Salt Lake City, UT   84108
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Grails - Agile Web 2.0 The Easy Way

Grails is a full stack MVC framework for building web applications for the Java platform. Grails makes web application development both fun and easy. This session covers all of the fundamentals of building web applications with Grails.

Businesses need rich web applications and developers want to be able to build those applications without the pain that usually comes along with doing so. Grails addresses these needs very well. Grails demolishes many of the pain points that Java developers have almost (not quite) become numb to after years of suffering. This session covers all of the fundamentals:

  • Introduction To Grails
  • Domain Objects
  • Controllers
  • GSPs
  • Custom TagLibs
  • GORM

About Jeff Scott Brown

Core member of the Grails development team, Jeff Scott Brown, is a Senior Software Engineer with SpringSource. Jeff has been involved in designing and building object oriented systems for over 15 years. Jeff's areas of expertise include web development with Groovy & Grails, Java and agile development.

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