Flying with Griffon @ CONFESS

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Flying with Griffon

Click to edit Master /tle style About the Speaker

•  Java developer since the beginning •  True believer in Open Source •  Groovy commi@er since 2007

•  Project lead of the Griffon framework •  Currently working for

Click to edit Master /tle style I confess…

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Click to edit Master /tle style Relevant Facts

•  h@p://griffon.codehaus.org •  Apache License 2.0 •  1st release (0.0) -‐ Sept 10 2008

–  Based in Grails 1.1 •  Latest release (0.9.2) – Mar 21 2011 •  140 plugins in the central plugins repository

–  More are added every week

Click to edit Master /tle style Grails-‐like Features

•  Common applica/on structure

•  Command line tools •  Conven/on over Configura/on •  DRY •  Test support out-‐of-‐the box

Click to edit Master /tle style Exclusive Features (1)

•  MVC pa@ern is found at several levels

•  Applica/on life cycle •  Simple event bus

•  Clear separa/on between build/me and run/me •  Mul/-‐threading support

•  AST injec/on


•  Ar/facts can be wri@en in several languages –  Groovy, Java, Scala

•  Applica/on archetypes –  Bootstrap an applica/on with predefined templates

•  Griffonw –  Allows you to work with Griffon without installing it first –  Inspired by Gradle


•  Mul/ language support –  Groovy, Java –  Clojure, Scala, Jython, Erlang (via plugins)

•  Mul/ UI toolkit support –  Swing –  SWT, Pivot, GTK, JavaFX (via plugins)

Click to edit Master /tle style Build/me

•  3 development modes –  Applet, Webstart, Standalone

•  4 deployment modes –  applet, webstart, zip, jar –  izpack, dmg, rpm, deb (via plugins)

•  Built-‐in na/ve library support •  Plajorm specific tweaks available (OSX)

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•  Extensive use of JavaBeans property change events •  3 types of bindings

–  Full, Contextual, Short •  2 binding flavors

–  Single, Bidirec/onal

Click to edit Master /tle style Run/me

•  Introspec/on capabili/es –  Configura/on –  MVC groups

–  Ar/facts –  Addons –  Metadata (Metadata, Environment, RunMode)

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Click to edit Master /tle style More Informa/on

•  h@p://griffon.codehaus.org/Documenta/on –  The Griffon Guide (+javadoc) –  Builder Guide –  Plugin List

•  h@p://griffoncast.com •  twi@er: @theaviary

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