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Groovy/Grails BOF at JavaOne promises a “full on double rainbow” experience

The plans for the Groovy and Grails BOF at JavaOne are coming together and it’s gonna be a “full on double rainbow all the way across the sky” experience. “But what does it mean?” Glad you asked. This year we have our most comprehensive panel ever! We’ll have Peter Ledbrook (Grails Evangelist and Grails in Action co-author), Guillaume Laforge (Groovy lead), Andres...

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Introducing thriftebook.com: 400 LOC on Google App Engine

I’ve just launched thriftebook – a tiny ebook deal aggregator that can make the task of not spending money on ebooks… well.. harder. The whole app is written in Gaelyk – a groovy-based web framework that makes writing Google App Engine apps a complete snack. The site is basically a clone of the excellent Ruby techbooksdotd but with a few essential enhancements that I was...