Monthly Archives: April 2009

Growler Grails Plugin

By Matthew Taylor | April 24, 2009

I’m working on a Grails plugin called Growler, which provides Growl-like notifications within a webpage using jquery, jquery-ui, and the jGrowl jquery plugin.
It is still in the alpha release at the moment, and there are plenty of things that need work, but has been fun and easy so far using jquery usefully. I hope [...]


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Part 3 of GrailsUI Screencast Series: Advanced AutoComplete

By Matthew Taylor | April 15, 2009

The 3rd installation of my GrailsUI Screencast series deals with some more advanced usage of the AutoComplete component. It starts off where the previous AutoComplete screencast leaves off.

Download (41.7 MB, 14:36)
alternative download for iPod & Apple TV (26.5 MB, 14:36)

Music is “Rusty Cage” by Soundgarden.
So far, the series goes like this:

Part 1: GrailsUI Basics [...]


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Part 2 of GrailsUI Screencast Series: AutoComplete Basics

By Matthew Taylor | April 7, 2009

The 2nd installation of my GrailsUI Screencast series deals with the AutoComplete component. I’ve given an example of usage from scratch, including form submission.

Download (44.4 MB, 15:23)
alternative download for iPod & Apple TV (28.5 MB, 15:23)

Music is “Binge and Purge” by Clutch.
So far, the series goes like this:

Part 1: GrailsUI Basics (expandablePanel, accordion, tabView)
Part [...]


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Grails Developer for Hire (sort of)

By Matthew Taylor | April 6, 2009

I have been working for G2One and SpringSource for over a year now, but I am now available on contract to do Grails work. I’m still planning on working on some side projects, including GrailsUI and the Plugin Portal, and I’m also working on some screencasts and articles.
Hire Me.
– Edit –
I just added “(sort [...]


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Part 1 of GrailsUI Screencast series: The Basics

By Matthew Taylor | April 3, 2009

I have created the first part of a series of screencasts for GrailsUI. This screencast goes over the basics of installation and setup of GrailsUI, as well as describing and implementing the expandablePanel, accordion, and tabView components.

Download (40.4 MB, 14:06)
alternative download for iPod & Apple TV (30.2 MB, 14:06)

Music is “Oblivion” by Mastodon.


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