Grails For Mac

Grails is a free and open source (Apache License, Version 2.0) web application framework based on the Groovy language that endorses the DRY (don't repeat yourself) and coding-by-convention philosophies.

Grails runs on the Java Virtual Machine and thus has access to the entire Java Platform.

With Grails you can easily create web applications thanks to: · a complete development and deployment environment. All dependencies and configuration that is required to the run Grails applications in a web server are provided by Grails. The only thing you have to worry about is your application code. · inclusion of an embedded Jetty web server · development mode that automatically reloads changes made to application code, without having to restart the web server. · automatic persistence mapping of domain classes with automatic relationship management. · scaffolding on data access classes for rapid development of CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations. · powerful view technology with dynamic tag libraries and support for Groovy Server Pages (GSP)