Resources
Grails
This is the area for Grails Resources.
TD Systems has created remote AJAX versions of the "paginate" and "sortableColumn" tag libraries. These new tag library functions allow
for a standard Grails application to be completely embedded in a div. We have used this functionality to develop a tabbed interface where
all server communication is done via AJAX calls.
The approach taken was to duplicate the existing Grails taglib (FormTagLib.groovy) and rework the server calls
to be AJAX based. Essentially, this means just changing the server calls to become RemoteLink calls. The RemoteLink call needs a DIV to
update so that must be passed into both functions.
The following steps are required to enable remote paginate and remote sortable columns.
- Copy this file to your local taglib file in your grails-app/taglib directory
- Change your existing GSP paginate code as shown (Note the update param refers to the DIV that will be updated)
- <g:remotePaginate update="tab1" total="${SomeObject.count()}" />
- Change your existing GSP sortable code as shown (Note the update param refers to the DIV that will be updated)
- <g:remoteSortableColumn update="tab1" property="someProperty" title="Some Title" />>
- You can also pass additional params if needed into the taglib method. The taglib just needs to be aware of these params. You can see this in the attached taglib code.
Open Source
Here are some of our favorite Open Source resources.
Java
Here are some of our Favorite Java resources.
- Spring - Full JEE Stack
- Note that SpringSource has changed its licensing policy and will not be releasing minor point releases unless you pay for support.
There is a community site (FreeSpring) that plans on building, testing and making the point releases available. - Java WebStart
Spring is one of the most popular Java frameworks for application development.
Java WebStart allows execution of Rich Client applications from a web browser. This technology is a great alternative for web enabled applications.