{"product_id":"9781430210467","title":"Beginning Groovy and Grails: From Novice to Professional","description":"\u003cp\u003eWeb frameworks are playing a major role in the creation of today's most compelling web applications, because they automate many of the tedious tasks, allowing developers to instead focus on providing users with creative and powerful features. Java developers have been particularly fortunate in this area, having been able to take advantage of Grails, an open source framework that supercharges productivity when building Java–driven web sites. Grails is based on Groovy, which is a very popular and growing dynamic scripting language for Java developers and was inspired by Python, Ruby, and Smalltalk.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeginning Groovy and Grails\u003c\/em\u003e is the first introductory book on the Groovy language and its primary web framework, Grails. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book gets you started with Groovy and Grails and culminates in the example and possible application of some real–world projects. You follow along with the development of each project, implementing and running each application while learning new features along the way. \u003c\/p\u003e  What you’ll learn\u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eUnderstand the fundamentals of the open source, dynamic Groovy scripting language and the Grails web framework. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eCapitalize upon Grails’ well–defined framework architecture to build web applications faster than ever before. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eImprove your web application with cutting–edge interface enhancements using Ajax. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eUse Grails’ object–relational mapping solution, GORM, to manage your data store more effectively than ever before. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eTake advantage of Groovy to create reporting services, implement batch processing, and create alternative client interfaces. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eDeploy and upgrade your Grails–driven applications with expertise and ease. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eDiscover an alternative client in Groovy as well. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  Who this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     Java and web developers looking to learn and embrace the power and flexibility offered by the Grails framework and Groovy scripting language.        \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127563632880,"sku":"9781430210467","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430210467_p0.jpg?v=1763753218","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430210467","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}