Grails in Action

Part 3. Everyday Grails

In part 2 of this book, you learned about the basic building blocks of Grails applications. In part 3, you’ll apply that knowledge to building all the necessary pieces of a real-world application.

Chapter 8 introduces Grails plugins—ways of extending your applications using third-party code modules. We’ll use plugins to give Hubbub an extreme UI makeover introducing you to charting, graphics, tooltips, rich text editors, and a wealth of other UI enhancements along the way. We’ll also add some important functional enhancements, like email integration and full text search.

In chapter 9, we’ll take a tour of Grails Webflow—a lightweight state engine that lets you easily add wizard-like flows to your applications. By building ...