Getting Started with GlassFish v3

This DZone Refcard is the go to resource for anyone new to GlassFish Application Server.

ColdFusion Trends with Ben Forta

ColdFusion guru Ben Forta discusses the state of ColdFusion, CF adoption trends, and the future of the platform.

Grails 1.2 creates IntelliJ IDEA projects files for you

As of Grails 1.2-M2 you no longer need to explicitly create new IDEA projects for your grails applications. The grails create-app command will create an...

2 replies - 2756 views - 08/12/09 by vaclav in Articles

VMWare to Acquire SpringSource for $362 Million

Virtualization infrastructure provider VMware announced today that it will acquire SpringSource for approximately $362 million in cash and equity plus the...

48 replies - 10668 views - 08/11/09 by Nitin Bharti in Articles

Book Review - Grails: A Quick Start Guide

I have to admit that, when Dave Klein approached me about taking a look at Grails: A Quick Start Guide (known in Twitter circles as GQuick), the first thought that entered my mind was “Oh man,...

5 replies - 3720 views - 08/05/09 by Matt Stine in Book Reviews

State-of-the-art Groovy support in IntelliJ IDEA videos

Following on the handy "Groovy intentions in IDEA" screencast, I'd like to steer your attention towards the two very recent additions to the Groovy...

0 replies - 2229 views - 08/04/09 by vaclav in Tips and Tricks

Interview: meet the Groovy Eclipse v2 team

DZone caught up with the team responsible for the latest developments on the Groovy Eclipse plugin v2. Continue reading to know  more about Andrew Eisenberg,...

2 replies - 3254 views - 08/03/09 by Andres Almiray in News

Book Giveaway: Grails In Action Exclusive Chapter Download

DZone and Manning Publications have partnered to bring you an exclusive chapter from 'Grails in Action' (by Glen Smith and Peter Ledbrook). This chapter covers...

8 replies - 2605 views - 07/27/09 by lyndsey in Articles

Grails in Action: Meet the Author

Glen Smith and Peter Ledbrook co-wrote "Grails in Action" (reviewed on Javalobby here), recently published by Manning.

1 replies - 2857 views - 07/23/09 by Geertjan Wielenga in News

Behavior driven development: Generating Groovy EasyB Story with Selenium IDE

Are you an easyb user which would like to create story that run selenium's commands? You can let's Selenium IDE generate it for you instead of code it by your...

0 replies - 1384 views - 07/11/09 by limcheekin in Articles

Book Review: Grails in Action

Part 1: Introducing Grails"Chapter 1: Grails in a hurry...":You learn what the big ideas in Grails are: convention over configuration, agile philosophy, rock-solid foundation, scaffolding...

1 replies - 3048 views - 07/10/09 by Geertjan Wielenga in Book Reviews

Significant Productivity Gains with Grails?

A colleague asked me today: "Would you argue that using Groovy / Grails can make you significantly more productive for smaller projects as compared to...

15 replies - 6606 views - 07/09/09 by Geertjan Wielenga in News

An Introduction to Functional Languages: Part Two

Previously we gave an introduction to functional languages. Now we take a look at some functional programming examples with F#.

4 replies - 5063 views - 06/30/09 by Ken Sipe in Articles

An Introduction to Functional Languages

There has been explosion of software development languages in recent years. Chief among these languages or programming approaches is functional programming. ...

10 replies - 9296 views - 06/25/09 by Ken Sipe in Articles

The New Era of Programming Languages

Burton Group has just published the overview I authored titled  The New Era of Programming Languages. This is a timely document. The Tiobe Programming Index...

0 replies - 8448 views - 06/18/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in News

Groovy, Grails & Griffon videos from JavaOne09

During JavaOne 09 Scott Davis sat down with some of the leaders of the Groovy/Grails/Griffon communities and recorded video intervies. These are the links to...

0 replies - 2282 views - 06/17/09 by Andres Almiray in News

The Definitive Guide to Grails

Chapter 1 The Essence of Grails The first chapter provides a very high-level overview of Grails.   The chapter leads you through setting up the basics for the gTunes application, which...

0 replies - 3694 views - 06/17/09 by Mike Miller in Book Reviews