What's New in Grails 2.0

Explore the latest features of Grails 2.0 in this 53-minute conference talk by Grails core developer Jeff Brown. Gain insights into agent-based reloading, unit testing mixins, and powerful new GORM query expressions. Learn about the framework's continued growth, new console UI, interactive mode, improved unit test and documentation templates, enhanced error reporting, and H2 console. Discover upgrades to libraries, automatic reloading, binary plugins, methods as actions, argument binding, and HTML5 scaffolding. Delve into GORM plugins, where queries, multiple data sources, and other GORM improvements. Compare unit testing approaches in 1.x and the new mixin approach, and explore Spockified contributions. Suitable for both new users and experienced Grails 1.x developers looking to upgrade their skills on the Spring platform.

Intro
Grails Continued Growth
New Console UI & Interactive Mode
Better Unit Test Template
Better Documentation Template
Enhanced Error Reporting
H2 Console
Upgraded Libraries
New Automatic Reloading
Binary Plugins
Methods as Actions and Binding Arguments
HTML5 Scaffolding
GORM Plugins
Where Queries
Multiple Data Sources
Other GORM Improvements
Unit Testing 1.x
The Mixin Approach
Spockified
Contributions