JBoss Microcontainer Series

In part 4 of his Microcontainer series, Ales Justin looks under the hood at JBoss MC's varous classloading features.

ColdFusion Trends with Ben Forta

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

Event-based actors in Groovy

After publishing my earlier post on Thread-bound actors in Groovy I've received several requests to enhance GParallelizer with support for event-based...

0 replies - 2642 views - 03/05/09 by vaclav in News

Taking reuse to the next level with closures.

This article is about how to take reuse to the next level by using Groovy's closure language feature to aid in reuse, intercept method calls and even replace...

2 replies - 2848 views - 02/26/09 by Rick Hightower in Articles

Why functional programming doesn't catch on

Authorities in the field of software engineering have long lamented the fact that functional programming (FP) doesn't seem to catch on. Their sympathizers...

8 replies - 8661 views - 02/26/09 by Confusion09 in News

Dynamic metaprogramming, taking reuse to the next level

This article is about how to take reuse to the next level by using Groovy's dynamic metaprogramming capabilities. Groovy has the option of appearing...

6 replies - 3282 views - 02/19/09 by Rick Hightower in Articles

Grails 1.1 RC1 has been released

It is no secret that whenever a major release of Groovy appears a Grails release is not that far behind, lucklily we didn't have to wait long: Grails 1.1 RC1...

0 replies - 1591 views - 02/19/09 by Andres Almiray in News

Groovy 1.6 has been released!

Guillaume Laforge just posted the following announcement to the Grails User mailing list:Update: a similar announcement can now be found in the usual places:...

3 replies - 4105 views - 02/18/09 by Andres Almiray in News

Interview with Michael Kimsal, publisher of GroovyMag

Groovy Zone caught up with Michael Kimsal, publisher of GroovyMag, an online magazine for Groovy and Grails developers.Enjoy!Andres Almiray: Hi Michael, Could...

0 replies - 1429 views - 02/17/09 by Andres Almiray in News

Programming LDAP with Groovy

It all started with a task to do:Print all members of the group within Active Directory, including members of the nested groups.And a deadline: 15...

1 replies - 4086 views - 02/16/09 by Michal Szklanowski in Articles

Refcardz Topics: What Should We Cover? (Vote Now)

DZone needs your help!  We have a lot of Refcard topics on our plate and want to know how to prioritize the topic...

39 replies - 24542 views - 02/16/09 by WeiLing in Uncategorized

Modularity, Groovy, and Shared Filesystems

Let's use the "ModuleInstall.restored" method, shown in the earlier part (where I introduced a modular approach to Groovy application development) to...

4 replies - 3711 views - 02/15/09 by Geertjan Wielenga in News

How to Create Modular Groovy Applications in 5 Steps!

Let's create a modular Groovy application! Why?! Modularity is an enabler of scaleability. As your Groovy application increases in size, you increasingly need...

5 replies - 5731 views - 02/14/09 by Geertjan Wielenga in News

Easy Grails with IntelliJ IDEA - 3. Dealing with Grails Plugins

The list of Grails plugins is extensive, and IntelliJ IDEA 8 helps you easily explore and manage plugins without leaving the IDE. The most customary way to...

0 replies - 2538 views - 02/09/09 by Irina Megorskaya in News

Grails 1.1 beta3 released today

Graeme Rocher posted the following announcement to the Grails User list: Dear Groovy/Grails Community, We are pleased to announce the release of Grails 1.1...

1 replies - 1826 views - 01/29/09 by Andres Almiray in News

Odd Theses - A Look Inside JBoss Rails & Cloud with Bob McWhirter

Developers today not only have a plethora of languages to choose from, but also a vast array of virtual computing platforms on which to deploy these...

3 replies - 8300 views - 01/28/09 by Nitin Bharti in Articles

Groovy 1.6-RC-2 released, one step closer to 1.6 final

The Groovy development team and SpringSource are pleased to announce the second candidate for Groovy 1.6.

0 replies - 1755 views - 01/22/09 by Andres Almiray in News