Groovy and Grails
I primarily write Java code at work and lately I’ve been looking for something new and interesting. I’ve looked into frameworks like Ruby on Rails and Django, but I can’t really use those technologies at work. This is where Groovy and Grails step in. With Groovy I can write code that makes use of exiting Java classes, I can compile Groovy code and use it in an existing Java project, or I can use a framework like Grails. I’ve already manged to get a Maven / Eclipse project setup to compile Groovy and Java code for me by using the gmaven plugin. It wasn’t easy to setup, but I can now develop in Eclipse and use either Groovy or Java code in the same project. I still want to write a “real” application using Grails though. I’ve got one potential project at work, I just hope I get the chance to try out Grails!
