Speakers


Andres Almiray

Griffon Project Lead

Andres Almiray

Andres is a Java/Groovy developer and Java Champion, with more than 13 years of experience in software design and development. He has been involved in web and desktop application developments since the early days of Java. He has also been teacher of computer science courses in the most prestigious education institute in Mexico. His current interests include Groovy and Swing. He is a true believer of open source and has participated in popular projects like Groovy, Griffon, JMatter and DbUnit, as well as starting his own projects (Json-lib, EZMorph, GraphicsBuilder, JideBuilder). Founding member and current project lead of the Griffon framework. He blogs periodically at http://jroller.com/aalmiray. You can find him on twitter too as @aalmiray. He likes to spend time with his beloved wife, Ixchel, when not hacking around.



Blog

Gr8conf EU 2013 at a glance

Posted Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Last week Copenhagen became the grooviest city in the world for a few days, as Gr8conf EU 2013 had it's fifth edition. Here's a quick report of what transpired during this awesome time. The trip began with a quick stop at the annual Groovy DevComore »

Greach 2.0: a small report

Posted Friday, February 15, 2013

Greach 2.0 just took place the last weekend of January in Madrid. What's Greach you asmore »

Where in the World is Griffon?

Posted Friday, February 15, 2013

Often times when presenting Griffon at conferences someone asks who's using it. My usual reply gravitates towards desktop application development not not being discussed as much as web and mobile however it's still very much alive. The Griffon Artifact more »
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Presentations



Books

Griffon in Action
by Andres Almiray, Danno Ferrin, and James Shingler

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  • Summary

    Griffon in Action is a comprehensive tutorial written for Java developers who want a more productive approach to UI development. After a quick Groovy tutorial, you'll immediately dive into Griffon and start building examples that explore its high productivity approach to Swing development.

    About the Technology

    You can think of Griffon as Grails for the desktop. It is a Groovy-driven UI framework for the JVM that wraps and radically simplifies Swing. Its declarative style and approachable abstractions are instantly familiar to developers using Grails or JavaFX.

    About the Book

    Griffon in Action gets you going quickly. Griffon's convention-over-configuration approach requires minimal code to get an app off the ground, so you can start seeing results immediately. You'll learn how SwingBuilder and other Griffon "builders" provide a coherent DSL-driven development experience. Along the way, you'll explore best practices for structure, architecture, and lifecycle of a Java desktop application.

    Written for Java developers—no experience with Groovy, Grails, or Swing is required.

    Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.

    What's Inside
    • Griffon from the ground up
    • Full compatibility with Griffon 1.0
    • Using SwingBuilder and the other "builders"
    • Practical, real-world examples
    • Just enough Groovy

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    Table of Contents
      PART 1 GETTING STARTED
    1. Welcome to the Griffon revolution
    2. A closer look at Griffon
      3. PART 2 ESSENTIAL GRIFFON
    3. Models and binding
    4. Creating a view
    5. Understanding controllers and services
    6. Understanding MVC groups
    7. Multithreaded applications
    8. Listening to notifications
    9. Testing your application
    10. Ship it!
    11. Working with plugins
    12. Enhanced looks
    13. Griffon in front, Grails in the back
    14. Productivity tools