Chapter 2Our Project
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
When you’re learning a new tool or language, you might start with a “Hello World” example or perhaps work through a few exercises in a book. Those steps can help you become acquainted with the tool, but that’s as far as they’ll take you. If you want to become productive in a tool or even proficient, you need use it in a real project. So, that’s what we’re going to do. We’ll work together to build a cool new web application—one that will actually go live. As our application comes together, we’ll explore Grails in a thorough, practical way. This strategy will provide us with the context that is so valuable in understanding and becoming ...
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