Learn GRAILS with Real Code Examples

Grails is open-source (Apache 2.0 license)

Commercial support via Object Computing Inc.

Training and consulting services available

Enterprise projects leverage Spring ecosystem

Integration with CI/CD and monitoring tools

Improved Grails integration with Spring Boot 3.x

Enhanced Groovy language features support

Better asynchronous and reactive capabilities

Expanded documentation and tutorials

Integration with modern frontend tools and frameworks

For extremely small or static web pages

Teams unfamiliar with Groovy or Java

When JVM startup time is a concern for microservices

If minimal ecosystem or lightweight frameworks are preferred

Projects requiring extreme low-level performance tuning

Grails is a Groovy-based web framework leveraging Spring Boot for rapid web application development.

Provides MVC, GORM ORM, GSP templating, and convention-over-configuration approach.

Ideal for enterprise and prototyping applications on JVM.

Integrates with Java libraries and Spring ecosystem.

Offers tools for scaffolding, testing, security, and deployment.

Is Grails open-source? -> Yes, Apache 2.0 license.

Does Grails run on JVM? -> Yes, fully compatible with Java libraries.

Can Grails be used for enterprise apps? -> Yes, integrates with Spring Boot and Java ecosystem.

Does Grails support REST APIs? -> Yes, via controllers and JSON/XML converters.

How to debug Grails apps? -> Use IDE debugger, logs, and Grails console.