Grails (framework)
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Grails is an open source web application framework that uses the Apache Groovy programming language (which is in turn based on the Java platform).
It is intended to be a high-productivity framework by following the "convention over configuration" paradigm, providing a stand-alone development environment and hiding much of the configuration detail from the developer.
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Goals
Grails was developed to address a number of goals:
- Provide a web framework for the Java platform.
- Re-use existing Java technologies such as Hibernate and Spring under a single interface
- Offer a consistent development framework.
- Offer documentation for key portions of the framework:
- The Persistence framework.
- Templates using GSP (Groovy Server Pages).
- Dynamic tag libraries for creating web page components.
- Customizable and extensible Ajax support.
- Provide sample applications that demonstrate the framework.
- Provide a complete development mode,[6] including a web server and automatic reload of resources.
History
Grails was previously known as "Groovy on Rails"; in March 2006 that name was dropped in response to a request by David Heinemeier Hansson, founder of the Ruby on Rails framework.
See also
External links
- Grails (framework) @ Wikipedia
