Groovy and Grails Recipes

Description

Groovy and Grails Recipes is the busy developer's guide to developing applications in Groovy and Grails. Rather than boring you with theoretical knowledge of “yet another language/framework,” this book delves straight into solving real–life problems in Groovy and Grails using easy–to–understand, well–explained code snippets. Through learning by example, you will be able to pick up on Groovy and Grails quickly and use the book as an essential reference when developing applications. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Getting Started with Groovy....Pages 3-15 From Java to Groovy....Pages 17-43 Groovy Data types and Control Structures....Pages 45-70 Object-Oriented Groovy....Pages 71-96 Closures....Pages 97-110 Builders....Pages 111-138 Working with Databases....Pages 139-154 Testing with Groovy....Pages 155-181 Miscellaneous Recipes....Pages 183-203 Front Matter....Pages 205-205 Getting Started with Grails....Pages 207-217 the Web Layer....Pages 219-254 the Data Layer....Pages 255-289 Scaffolding....Pages 291-320 Security....Pages 321-337 Testing....Pages 339-352 Miscellaneous Recipes....Pages 353-376 Back Matter....Pages 377-397