This Groovy on Grails training course teaches experienced web developers how to use the Grails framework to rapidly create sophisticated web applications.

Class Goals

Learn to develop model-view-controller web applications using Grails.
Learn to access relational databases from Grails.
Learn to work with existing Java classes and libraries.
Learn to build unit and functional tests for web applications.

Class Outline

Groovy Fundamentals
1. Differences between Groovy and Java
2. Declaring classes
3. Using assertions
4. Groovy Strings
5. Closures
6. Lists and Maps
7. Expando Objects
8. Ranges
9. Metaprogramming
10. Builders
Grails Project Structure
1. Overview of a Grails project
2. Directories for model classes, controllers, and views
3. Data source configuration
4. Logging
5. Command line utilities
6. IDE integration
Application Entities
1. Object-Relational Mapping with GORM
2. Optional properties
3. Constraints and validation
4. Modeling relationships
5. Performing CRUD operations
6. Dynamic queries
7. Connection to Hibernate
Scaffolding
1. Dynamic scaffolding
2. Working with the dynamic operations
3. Static scaffolding
4. Generating controllers
5. Generating views
Grails Controllers
1. Setting the default action
2. Accessing request attributes
3. Flash scope
4. Data binding and type conversion
5. Rendering a response
6. Using action interception
Groovy Server Pages
1. Groovy scriptlets
2. Built-in Grails tags
3. Dynamic tags
4. Layouts and templates
5. Pagination
6. Creating custom tags
Adding Ajax Support
1. Basics of Ajax
2. Handling events
3. Ajax-supporting tags
Services and Jobs
1. Transactions
2. Services and dependency injection
Java Integration
1. ORM integration with Hibernate
2. Dependency injection with Spring
3. Working with legacy databases

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Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

Groovy
Java EE including servlets, JSPs, and database access

Technical Requirements

Our computer technical requirements and setup process is easy, with support just a click away.

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1. Phoenix, AZ
2. Pittsburgh, PA
3. Portland, OR
4. Providence, RI
5. Raleigh, NC
6. Sacramento, CA
7. St. Louis, MO
8. San Diego, CA
9. San Francisco, CA
10. San Jose, CA
11. Santa Clara, CA
12. Seattle, WA
13. Sunnyvale, CA
14. Tallahassee, FL
15. Tempe, AZ
16. Toronto, ON
17. Tucson, AZ
18. Tulsa, OK
19. Virginia Beach, VA
20. Washington, DC
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2. Hampton, VA
3. Hollywood, FL
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6. Indianapolis, IN
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8. Las Vegas, NV
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10. Los Angeles, CA
11. Louisville, KY
12. Madison, WI
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14. Milwaukee, WI
15. Nashville, TN
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17. Oklahoma City, OK
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20. Philadelphia, PA
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7. Boston, MA
8. Buffalo, NY
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10. Cary, NC
11. Chandler, AZ
12. Chicago, IL
13. Cincinnati, OH
14. Cleveland, OH
15. Colorado Springs, CO
16. Columbus, OH
17. Dallas, TX
18. Dayton, OH
19. Denver, CO
20. Detroit, MI
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1. Indianapolis, IN
2. Boston, MA
3. Silver Spring, MD
4. Portland, ME
5. Detroit, MI
6. Minneapolis, MN
7. Kansas City, MO
8. St. Louis, MO
9. Jackson, MS
10. Charlotte, NC
11. Nashua, NH
12. Atlantic City, NJ
13. Newark, NJ
14. Jersey City, NJ,
15. Reno, NV
16. Philadelphia, PA
17. Calgary, Canada
18. Toronto, Canada
1. Phoenix, AZ
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3. Oakland, CA
4. San Diego, CA
5. San Francisco, CA
6. San Jose, CA
7. Santa Clara, CA
8. Sacramento, CA
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10. Denver, CO
11. Hartford, CT
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13. Fort Myers, FL
14. Orlando, FL
15. Tallahassee, FL
16. Atlanta, GA
17. Boise, ID
18. Chicago, IL