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| <h1>A powerful Groovy-based web application framework for the JVM built on top of Spring Boot</h1> |
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| <h3>Flat Learning Curve</h3> |
| <p>Convention-over-configuration, sensible defaults, opinionated APIs, and the Groovy language combine |
| to make the Grails<sup>®</sup> framework easy to learn for Java developers.</p> |
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| <h3>On top of Spring Boot</h3> |
| <p>The Grails framework is built on top of Spring Boot and leverages Spring Boot's time-saving features, |
| such as Spring-powered dependency injection.</p> |
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| <h3>Smooth Java Integration</h3> |
| <p>The Grails framework seamlessly and transparently integrates and interoperates with Java, the JVM, |
| and existing Java EE containers.</p> |
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| <h3>Groovy-Based</h3> |
| <p>Apache Groovy is a language for the Java platform designed to enhance developers' productivity. It is |
| an optionally-typed and dynamic language but with static-typing and static compilation capabilities. |
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| <p>The Grails framework seamlessly integrates with GORM, a data access toolkit that provides a rich set |
| of APIs for accessing relational and non-relational data. GORM also includes implementations for |
| Hibernate (SQL), MongoDB, Cassandra, and Neo4j.</p> |
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| <p>With the use of application profiles, including React and Angular, the Grails framework allows |
| developers to build REST APIs or modern web applications with a JavaScript frontend.</p> |
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| <h3>Plugins</h3> |
| <p>Developers can build plugins that extend and enhance the Grails framework, or they can access |
| existing plugins published by a vibrant plugin community.</p> |
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| <h3>View Technologies</h3> |
| <p>Technologies such as GSP, JSON Views, and Markup Views help developers effortlessly generate HTML, |
| JSON, and XML.</p> |
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| <h3>Asynchronous Capabilities</h3> |
| <p>The async features of the Grails framework aim to simplify concurrent programming. The framework's |
| features include the concept of Promises, a unified event model, and the use of RxJava to write |
| reactive logic.</p> |
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| <h3>Open Source</h3> |
| <p>The Grails framework is an open source Apache 2 License project.</p> |
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| <h3>Domain-Specific Languages</h3> |
| <p>The Grails framework relies on expressive domain-specific languages (DSLs) for validation, querying, |
| markup rendering, and more.</p> |
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| <h3>IDE Support</h3> |
| <p>Developers can access support at any time via IDEs and text editors, such as Intellij IDEA, Eclipse, |
| Sublime, and Textmate.</p> |
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| <a href="https://communityovercode.org">Community over Code</a> |
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| <span class="location">Glasgow, United Kingdom</span> |
| <span class="dates">October 11 - 14, 2026</span> |
| <p>Community over Code features a dedicated Groovy & Grails track.</p> |
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| <h2>They all use the Apache Grails Framework</h2> |
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