Monthly Archives: December 2008

A GrailsUI Feature Addition, Step-By-Step

This is not a GrailsUI tutorial, this the story of a GrailsUI JIRA feature request, and how it was implemented.

The origin of this JIRA issue was the grails-user mailing list, where someone was asking about the easiest way to navigate on row click with a GrailsUI dataTable tag. There is a solution, but it [...]


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Find the parent map entry in Groovy

Sometimes I deal with maps of maps in Groovy. Config files in Groovy generally boil down to combinations of maps and lists. I’ve found myself with a reference to one entry within this structure, wanting to back out to the parent of the entry. This is especially the case within builders, where [...]


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Lambda Lounge Presentation: Groovy Categories and Mixins

There was an excellent turnout at the inaugural meeting of the Lambda Lounge last night at Appistry in St. Louis. I think we were all surprised at how many über-geeks could fit into one small room. Alex Miller did a great job organizing the event, so kudos to him. I’ve already seen [...]


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Check out the latest GroovyMag to see an interview with me about the 1.1 release of GrailsUI: