Let's Program: Basic Grails Tutorial - #1

This is an ongoing series of basic introductory lessons on using the Grails Framework.

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Topics covered:
* Background of Grails.
* Installation of Netbeans & Grails.
* The first application - LOL World.
* How Java and Groovy code can coexist.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• grails
• framework
• programming
• tutorial

[skiamakhos]

Just to point out, you don't *need* an IDE to develop Grails or Groovy. It's useful, and you can use Netbeans, IntelliJ or Eclipse, but you really just need a text editor that has Groovy syntax highlighting. TextPad on Windows or TextMate on OSX fit the bill quite well.

[patcodes]

@skiamakhos Thanks for your feedback. I would mention the list of grails commands in a later video and highlight the various tools suitable for grails development.

[vijayanand89]

nice one and useful for starting

[iamdumbmatt]

hey patrick, your tutorial is real good!! :)

[irshard88]

i am looking for a groovy grails developer urgently. let me know your availability

[skiamakhos]

The reason I object to IDE use at this early stage is that dependence on an IDE to take care of things behind the scenes denies the learner the experience of seeing for themselves all the stuff the IDE hides. The IDE becomes a crutch & the learner neglects to learn all the command line grails commands. When the learner then starts work at a place where they use different tools, it's a huge setback.