Groovy & Grails Introduction

Groovy is an agile & dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine, builds upon the strengths of Java but has additional power features inspired by languages like Python, Ruby and Smalltalk. Groovy makes modern programming features available to Java developers with almost-zero learning curve. It supports Domain-Specific Languages & other compact syntax so your code becomes easy to read and maintain.
Grails is a complete Web framework built to take advantage of proven and established technologies such as JEE, Spring, Hibernate, SiteMesh and of course Java and Groovy on the JVM. Grails is not 'just another web framework' it brings a lot productivity and fun to the JEE world.

• Groovy in brief
What is Groovy: power in your code, Groovy in glance & Main features.

• Grails - The Rapid web development framework – Itamar Tayer
Grails combines the advantages of the java platform, with the productivity and fun of modern web frameworks like ruby on rails. During the session we will create a Grails application and see how easy it is even when advanced and powerful features are involved.

Itamar Tayer is involved in different roles in the software industry for the last 15 years, Currently the dev lead of whitelake entertainment, an on line gaming and entertainment company, and runs the technology blog otiot.org. (http://otiot.org)