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Chris Nelson

Founder of the Trails Project

Chris Nelson
Chris is the founder of the Trails project and published several articles for Java.net. Chris is an experienced java developer and is an active director of the Cincinnati Java User's Group. His speaking appearances have included No Fluff Just Stuff, OSCON, TheServerSide Java Symposium, and JaveOne as well as numerous JUG appearances.

Blog

Trails is moving!

Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006

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NFJS rocks!

Posted Monday, August 7, 2006

Just got back from an awesome weekend at NFSJ Cincinnati. This year I‘ve had the privilege to speak at TSSJS, JavaOne, and NFJS. All three have been interesting and fun, but from an attendee perspective it isn‘t even close: NFJS blows the o more »

Why a web framework needs a DI framework

Posted Sunday, August 6, 2006

When I first saw Tapestry 4 and learned that it had it a DI framework built i more »
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Presentations

Trails: RAD That Ain't Bad

The Trails framework aims to take a new approach to Rapid Application Development in Java using proven frameworks like Spring, Tapestry, and Hibernate. By eliminating redundant steps in the development process and stressing convention over configuration, more »

Trails: RAD That Ain't Bad

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Chris Nelson By Chris Nelson

The Trails framework aims to take a new approach to Rapid Application Development in Java using proven frameworks like Spring, Tapestry, and Hibernate. By eliminating redundant steps in the development process and stressing convention over configuration, Trail can greatly accelerate development of RDBMS persistent web applications.



In this session, we'll build a real Trails application in a few minutes, and then dive into the details of how Trails works and how to customize it to your heart's content. We'll also cover how Trails provides features you need to build real application such as validation, internationalization, and security.