Working with Groovy and Grails

Course Duration

5 Days

Audience

Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.

Prerequisites

Java development experience is required. Familiarity with J2EE web application concepts is helpful. No prior Groovy or Grails experience is needed.

Course Description

This course is designed for Java developers who need to understand how and when to use Groovy in Java and J2EE applications, and how to build web applications using the Grails framework. Students learn Groovy syntax, closures, builders, and Grails conventions to rapidly develop dynamic web applications.

Course Outline

• 1. Language
• 2. Basic Syntax and Scalar Variables
• 3. Collections
• 4. Flow Control
• 5. Classes
• 6. Advanced Classes and Closures
• 7. Regular Expressions
• 8. Builders and Slurpers
• 9. Grails Installation
• 10. Creating a Simple Grails Application
• 11. The Domain
• 12. Controllers
• 13. GSP Basics
• 14. Filters
• 15. Plug-Ins and a Simple Web 2.0 Applications