COJUG: Eclipse Demo Camp Links

Here are the Links for my COJUG: Eclipse Demo Camp Groovy and Grails Plugins discussion

You can use these links to download the Eclipse Groovy V2 plugin and SpringSource Tool Suite.

http://groovy.codehaus.org/Eclipse+Plugin+V2+FAQ#EclipsePluginV2FAQ
http://blog.springsource.com/2009/07/30/a-groovier-eclipse-experience/
http://docs.codehaus.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=133464433
http://grails.org/STS+Integration
http://www.springsource.com/products/springsource-tool-suite-download

The Griffon Celebrates

WooHooo! Griffon celebrates the first anniversary of its public release today. Griffon was first released Sept. 10, 2008. It is hard to believe it has only been a year.

It has been a very productive first year. Griffon is maturing and the word is getting out. For me, the most notable event was Guillaume Laforge winning the Java One 2009 Scriptbowl with an application called Twittersphere. Twittersphere was build using Griffon and Groovy.

The founding fathers of Griffon (Danno Ferrin, Andres Almiray, James Williams) have done an absolutely fabulous job. Their work and dedication have enabled it to become what it is today.

Well Done guys!

PS Keep your ears open, . . . you might hear some Griffon news soon.

ANN: gConfig 0.1.2

I am pleased to announce the release of gConfig 0.1.2, a configuration tool for Griffon, a Groovy Technology.

This release is an upgrade to Griffon 0.1.2 and resolves a LogManager not found issue.

Background

While building Griffon applications, I found myself doing the same repeatative steps when I started building the application. Install these sets of plugins, get those additional 3rd party jars, and oh ya, I want a menubar, toolbar, statusbar, . . . , you get the drift.

I felt like I was spending too much time doing boilerplate code. So I did what any good IT person would do, made it easier through automation. The result is gConfig.

After creating the application, you run gConfig. gConfig is a wizard that will present you with a list of the currently available plugins. You pick which ones you one and the move on to select some popular predefined 3rd party jars. Finally, you are presented with a collection of templates (Menubar, ToolBar, StatusBar, About, and Tips) to install.

When you have completed your selections, gConfig will do the rest. Install the plugins, download the jars, and install the selected templates.

It saves a load of time.

Give it a try.

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ANN: Grails RefCode Plugin 0.2

Marcel Overdijk released RefCode plugin May 2008. The plugin provides an easy solution for 'code/description' reference/lookup data. Often in your business model you have simple reference/lookup tables with just code and description columns; e.g. Country (uk=United Kingdom, nl=Netherlands, ...), OrderStatus (C=Cancelled, N=New, P=Pending, S=Shipped), OrganizationType, ...

The latest release of the plugin include the refCode Custom Constraint to make validation against the domain valued even easier.

Assuming you a have a domain of "USStates", you can now setup a constraint like so:

class Person {
    String name
    String street
    String city
    String state
    String zip

    static constraints = {
        name()
        street()
        city()
        state(refCode:"USStates")
        zip()
    }
}

You can find out more about the RefCode Plugin at: http://www.grails.org/Ref+Code+Plugin

J1 Thirsty Head : Groovy, Grails Griffon Videos

Scott Davis of Thirsty Head was able to get some Gr8 interviews at Java One.

They include many of the leaders of the Groovy, Grails, & Griffon community.

Here they are all in one place.

Interview with Dierk Koenig
Interview with Danno Ferrin, James Williams of Griffon
Interview with Graeme Rocher
Interview with Dave Klein
Interview with Geertjan Wielenga
Interview with Andres Almiray
Interview with Sven Haiges and Glen Smith
Interview with Guillaume Laforge
Interview with Robert Fischer

ANN: AbeilleForm-Builder 0.1 - Griffon Plugin

I am pleased to announce the first release of AbeilleForm Builder. The AbeilleForm Builder makes it possible to easily use Abeille Forms in your Groovy swingbuilder and Griffon applications

Abeille Forms Designer is a GUI builder for Java applications. Developers and designers can create complex, professional forms in minutes. Designers can drag and drop components onto a WYSIWYG editor. Full support for undo/redo and copy/paste is provided. Components can be easily customized by adding images or modifying their properties. Advanced fill effects are supported such as textures and gradients.

With the AbeilleForm Builder, you can use the .jfrm file in your application and access the form components.

Installation

The builder is installed as follows:

griffon install-plugin abeilleform-builder

Usage

application(title:'taf',
  //size:[320,480],
  pack:true,
  //location:[50,50],
  locationByPlatform:true,
  iconImage: imageIcon('/griffon-icon-48x48.png').image,
  iconImages: [imageIcon('/griffon-icon-48x48.png').image,
               imageIcon('/griffon-icon-32x32.png').image,
               imageIcon('/griffon-icon-16x16.png').image]
) {
    build(Actions)
    formPanel(id: "cf", "countForm.jfrm")
    countButton.action = clickAction
    bind(source: model ,sourceProperty: "count", target: countLabel, targetProperty: "text" )
}

Notice the node "formPanel". The "formPanel" node loads the ".jfrm" form created in the AbeilleForm Designer into your griffon application. During the process of loading the form, the builder creates a bean reference for the form components. This allows us to address the form component by name. E.g "countButton" and "countLabel"

You can learn more about AbeilleForms at http://abeille.dev.java.net

ANN gConfig 0.1 - a Configuration tool for Griffon

I am pleased to announce the first public release of gConfig 0.1, a configuration tool for Griffon, a Groovy Technology.

While building Griffon applications, I found myself doing the same repeatative steps when I started building the application. Install these sets of plugins, get those additional 3rd party jars, and oh ya, I want a menubar, toolbar, statusbar, . . . , you get the drift.

I felt like I was spending too much time doing boilerplate code. So I did what any good IT person would do, made it easier through automation. The result is gConfig.

After creating the application, you run gConfig. gConfig is a wizard that will present you with a list of the currently available plugins. You pick which ones you one and the move on to select some popular predefined 3rd party jars. Finally, you are presented with a collection of templates (Menubar, ToolBar, StatusBar, About, and Tips) to install.

When you have completed your selections, gConfig will do the rest. Install the plugins, download the jars, and install the selected templates.

It saves a load of time.

Give it a try.

Screen Shots: