Foreword

No matter how powerful your web framework, or how well-documented it may be, and independent of all of those tutorials, tips, and blog posts you find on the web, there is no replacement for a book that thoroughly introduces you to the topic. For many years Grails in Action has been the guide for the growing number of Grails developers.

Whenever I visit a team that uses Grails I look around to see what books they have available, and I’m always delighted to see Grails in Action, since I can rely on the solid foundation they got from the book, and I can easily refer to it for best practices and background knowledge.

But the world is ever-changing and the Groovy and Grails worlds particularly so. Web technologies rise and fall quickly ...

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