GrailsUI Primer

This presentation will introduce AJAX in Grails through the GrailsUI plugin. We'll start with the core concepts behind the plugin and give examples of the most widely used and interesting widgets GrailsUI provides.

Some examples will include methods of interacting with the widgets and handling events. We will also talk about how to provide proper JSON data to the widgets from the server.

Featured Speakers

Venkat Subramaniam

Founder of Agile Developer, Inc.

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with agile practices on their software projects, and speaks frequently at international conferences and user groups. He is author of ".NET Gotchas," coauthor of 2007 Jolt Productivity Award winning "Practices of .. More »

Keith Donald

SpringSource Principal & Founding Partner

Keith Donald is a principal and founding partner at SpringSource, the company behind Spring and a division of VMware. At SpringSource, Keith is a full-time member of the Spring development team focusing on web application development productivity. He is also the architect behind SpringSource's state-of-the-art training curriculum, which has provided practical Spring training to over 10,000 students worldwide. Ov.. More »

Dave Klein

Author of 'Grails: A Quick-Start Guide'

Dave is a consultant helping organizations of all sizes to develop applications more quickly (and have more fun doing it) with Grails. Dave has been involved in enterprise software development for the past 15 years. He has worked as a developer, architect, project manager, mentor and trainer. Dave has presented at user groups and national conferences. He is also the founder of the Capital Java User Group in Madison,.. More »

Burt Beckwith

Senior Java Developer and Grails Expert

Burt Beckwith is a Java developer with over ten years of experience in a variety of industries including biotech, travel, e-learning, social networking, and financial services. For the past two years he's been working with Grails and Groovy full-time. Along the way he's released five Grails plugins and is the primary developer of the Spring Security plugin. He was the technical editor for Grails in Action. More »

Guillaume LaForge

Head of Groovy Development for SpringSource

As Head of Groovy Development for SpringSource, Guillaume Laforge is the official Groovy Project Manager, and the spec lead of JSR-241, the Java Specification Request that standardizes the Groovy dynamic language. He is also a frequent conference speaker presenting Groovy and Grails at JavaOne, SpringOne, QCon, the Sun TechDays, and JavaPolis. Guillaume also co-authored Groovy in Action along with Dierk KÃ¶nig. Befor.. More »