Hands-On Groovy on Grails

Course Description

Groovy on Grails Hands-On training course covers data types, control structures, closures, and dynamic object orientation, also for experienced web developers how to use the Grails framework to rapidly create sophisticated web applications, and much more...

This course teaches students how to create web applications using Grails and Groovy and all the basics including closures and collections, MVC (Model View Controller) design with Grails, database access, and the build-test-deploy lifecycle. In addition, the course includes coverage of Grails 3rd party plug-ins, and much more...

Students Will Learn

Develop model-view-controller web applications using Grails
Access relational databases from Grails
To work with existing Java classes and libraries
To build unit and functional tests for web applications
And much more...

Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required

-Groovy
-Java EE including servlets, JSPs, and database access

Course Outline

Module I: Groovy Fundamentals

        Differences between Groovy and Java
        Declaring classes
        Using assertions
        Groovy Strings
        Closures
        Lists and Maps
        Expando Objects
        Ranges
        Metaprogramming
        Builders

Module II: Grails Project Structure

        Overview of a Grails project
        Directories for model classes, controllers, and views
        Data source configuration
        Logging
        Command line utilities
        IDE integration

Module III: Application Entities

        Object-Relational Mapping with GORM
        Optional properties
        Constraints and validation
        Modeling relationships
        Performing CRUD operations
        Dynamic queries
        Connection to Hibernate

Module IV: Scaffolding

        Dynamic scaffolding
        Working with the dynamic operations
        Static scaffolding
        Generating controllers
        Generating views

Module V: Grails Controllers

        Setting the default action
        Accessing request attributes
        Flash scope
        Data binding and type conversion
        Rendering a response
        Using action interception

Module VI: Groovy Server Pages

        Groovy scriptlets
        Built-in Grails tags
        Dynamic tags
        Layouts and templates
        Pagination
        Creating custom tags

Module VII: Adding Ajax Support

        Basics of Ajax
        Handling events
        Ajax-supporting tags

Module VIII:   Services and Jobs

        Transactions
        Services and dependency injection

Module IX: Java Integration

        ORM integration with Hibernate
        Dependency injection with Spring
        Working with legacy databases

Delivery Method

Instructor-Led with numerous Hands-On labs and exercises.

Equipment Requirements
(This apply's to our hands-on courses only)

BTS always provides equipment to have a very successful Hands-On course. BTS also encourages all attendees to bring their own equipment to the course. This will provide attendees the opportunity to incorporate their own gear into the labs and gain valuable training using their specific equipment.

Course Length

4 Days