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Flying
with
Griffon

2. About
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• Java
developer
since
the
beginning
• True
believer
in
Open
Source
• Groovy
commi@er
since
2007
• Project
lead
of
the
Griffon
framework
• Currently
working
for

3. I
confess…
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<j:jelly
xmlns:j="jelly:core"
xmlns:define="jelly:define"
xmlns:my="myTagLib">
<define:taglib
uri="myTagLib">
<define:jellybean
name="foo"
className="MyTask"/>
</define:taglib>
Now
lets
use
the
new
tag
<my:foo
x="2"
y="cheese"/>
</j:jelly>

4. Relevant
Facts
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• h@p://griffon.codehaus.org
• Apache
License
2.0
• 1st
release
(0.0)
-­‐
Sept
10
2008
– Based
in
Grails
1.1
• Latest
release
(0.9.2)
–
Mar
21
2011
• 140
plugins
in
the
central
plugins
repository
– More
are
added
every
week

5. Grails-­‐like
Features
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• Common
applica/on
structure
• Command
line
tools
• Conven/on
over
Configura/on
• DRY
• Test
support
out-­‐of-­‐the
box

6. Exclusive
Features
(1)
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• MVC
pa@ern
is
found
at
several
levels
• Applica/on
life
cycle
• Simple
event
bus
• Clear
separa/on
between
build/me
and
run/me
• Mul/-­‐threading
support
• AST
injec/on

7. Exclusive
Features
(2)
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• Ar/facts
can
be
wri@en
in
several
languages
– Groovy,
Java,
Scala
• Applica/on
archetypes
– Bootstrap
an
applica/on
with
predefined
templates
• Griffonw
– Allows
you
to
work
with
Griffon
without
installing
it
first
– Inspired
by
Gradle

8. Exclusive
Features
(3)
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• Mul/
language
support
– Groovy,
Java
– Clojure,
Scala,
Jython,
Erlang
(via
plugins)
• Mul/
UI
toolkit
support
– Swing
– SWT,
Pivot,
GTK,
JavaFX
(via
plugins)

9. Build/me
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• 3
development
modes
– Applet,
Webstart,
Standalone
• 4
deployment
modes
– applet,
webstart,
zip,
jar
– izpack,
dmg,
rpm,
deb
(via
plugins)
• Built-­‐in
na/ve
library
support
• Plajorm
specific
tweaks
available
(OSX)

10. Binding
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• Extensive
use
of
JavaBeans
property
change
events
• 3
types
of
bindings
– Full,
Contextual,
Short
• 2
binding
flavors
– Single,
Bidirec/onal

11. Run/me
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• Introspec/on
capabili/es
– Configura/on
– MVC
groups
– Ar/facts
– Addons
– Metadata
(Metadata,
Environment,
RunMode)

12. Demo
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13. More
Informa/on
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• h@p://griffon.codehaus.org/Documenta/on
– The
Griffon
Guide
(+javadoc)
– Builder
Guide
– Plugin
List
• h@p://griffoncast.com
• twi@er:
@theaviary

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15. Griffon
n
Ac/on
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Q
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Thank
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@aalmiray