Andres Almiray
Developer Advocate for Gradle & Java Champion
Andres is a Java/Groovy developer and a Java Champion with more than 20 years of experience in software design and development. He has been involved in web and desktop application development since the early days of Java. Andres is a true believer in open source and has participated on popular projects like Groovy, Griffon, and DbUnit, as well as starting his own projects (Json-lib, EZMorph, GraphicsBuilder, JideBuilder). Founding member of the Griffon framework and Hackergarten community event. https://ch.linkedin.com/in/aalmirayPresentations
The Groovy Ecosystem
8:30 PM MDT
Groovy is the fastest growing JVM language out there. It might be because it is so easy for Java developers to pick it up, but also because there's an increasing number of projects and libraries that make use of Groovy as the starting point.
In this session we'll cover frameworks, tools and libraries rooted in the Groovy language that can make your daily work a much more enjoyable experience.
- Frameworks
Grails, Griffon, Gaelyk - Build Systems
Gant, Gradle - Testing
Easyb, Spock - Code Quality
CodeNarc, GMetrics - Libraries
GPars, GContracts
Painless Desktop Application Development: The Griffon Experience
5:00 PM MDT
Despite of all the buzz and hype around webapps over the last 8 years fact is that desktop applications are still found in many places, specially in the enterprise. However the legends are true: building desktop applications is a hard job. But it does not have to be. Enter Griffon.
Griffon aims to bring back the fun and productivity to desktop application development in the same way Grails did it (and continues to do so) on the web. Griffon is rooted in the JVM but has Grails in its DNA. This means you'll find yourself right at home if you're a Java veteran, same goes for all of you that made the jump to Grails.
In this session we'll cover the basics to get you started with Griffon. How applications are structured and built. Then we'll switch gears into high speed and cover topics like threading, testing, deploying, handling of legacy code and even network and database integration.
Books
Griffon in Action
by Andres Almiray, Danno Ferrin, and James Shingler
Summary
Griffon in Action is a comprehensive tutorial written for Java developers who want a more productive approach to UI development. After a quick Groovy tutorial, you'll immediately dive into Griffon and start building examples that explore its high productivity approach to Swing development.
About the TechnologyYou can think of Griffon as Grails for the desktop. It is a Groovy-driven UI framework for the JVM that wraps and radically simplifies Swing. Its declarative style and approachable abstractions are instantly familiar to developers using Grails or JavaFX.
About the BookGriffon in Action gets you going quickly. Griffon's convention-over-configuration approach requires minimal code to get an app off the ground, so you can start seeing results immediately. You'll learn how SwingBuilder and other Griffon "builders" provide a coherent DSL-driven development experience. Along the way, you'll explore best practices for structure, architecture, and lifecycle of a Java desktop application.
Written for Java developers—no experience with Groovy, Grails, or Swing is required.
Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.
What's Inside- Griffon from the ground up
- Full compatibility with Griffon 1.0
- Using SwingBuilder and the other "builders"
- Practical, real-world examples
- Just enough Groovy
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Table of Contents
- Welcome to the Griffon revolution
- A closer look at Griffon
- Models and binding
- Creating a view
- Understanding controllers and services
- Understanding MVC groups
- Multithreaded applications
- Listening to notifications
- Testing your application
- Ship it!
- Working with plugins
- Enhanced looks
- Griffon in front, Grails in the back
- Productivity tools