Authors Christopher Judd, Joseph Faisal Nusairat and Jim Shingler are getting beginners started with Groovy and Grails, taking a practical approach to teaching how to develop productive Grails web applications. Covering all the basics and some advanced topics of the Groovy language that is necessary for Grails application development, readers are guided through the process of writing a fully featured web application.

Everyone wanting to discover and use Groovy and Grails will gain the insight and skills needed to start creating their own applications.

The main highlights of this book are:
# Full coverage of basic Grails features of scaffolding, domains, controllers, services, and Groovy Server pages
# Tackles common web application challenges such as security, Ajax, web services, reporting, batch processing, and deployment
# Includes a Swing desktop client built in Groovy that integrates with the application using the exposed web services

Who should read this book
This book is for Java developers and organizations looking to become more productive by taking advantage of dynamic languages and solid agile web frameworks while lever-aging current investments in infrastructure, code, and education in the Java platform. It is for those who want to build internal applications and mission-critical, Internet-facing applications.
This book does not assume the reader has a strong Java or Groovy background, so those familiar with other dynamic languages like Perl, Ruby, Python, or PHP will find this a great source for investigating the Groovy and Grails alternative.

How This Book Is Oragnized
In this book, you’ll explore how to build command-line, Swing, and web applications using the Groovy language and the Grails web framework. The step-by-step approach will take you from a simple to a complex and fully featured Web 2.0 application. Chapters 1–3 provide a basic Groovy language primer, while Chapters 4–12 explain how to build and deploy web applications using Grails. The final chapter explains how to use Groovy and Swing to build a desktop client that interacts with the Grails web application.

You can find more information, table of contents and sample chapter online here: http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430210451

Downloading the Code
The code for the examples in this book is available to readers in the Source Code/Download section of the Apress web site at http://www.apress.com or on the book’s website at http://www.beginninggroovyandgrails.com.