Java developers have excellent frameworks and libraries which include Struts, Spring and Hibernate. However, even though there many different options when deciding the web application framework, it is stil quite a time consuming exercise.

With introducton of frameworks like Ruby on Rail, it is possible to create a fully workable web application in less than one hour. (See Creating a Weblog in 15mins - http://media.rubyonrails.org/video/rails_take2_with_sound.mov )

Bruce Tate and other leading authors have previously commented that Java developers should have an open mind to rapid development web frameworks.

The good news is Grails combines the benefits of Rails with the dynamic Groovy language. This is all based on Java and running on the Java JVM.

In summary, Grails is:

RAD Web Application Development

Open Source

Runs on the JVM

Grails uses the Groovy language with the Model View Controller (MVC) Framework.

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