Articles

  1. Configuring Grails for Horizontal ScalingHorizontal scaling allows a Grails application to handle more traffic by running several application instances behind a load balancer. Instead of relying on…
  2. Building custom URL mappings in Grails for better search visibilitySearch engines reward clarity. When a URL reads like a human sentence instead of a cryptic database identifier, both crawlers and visitors find it easier to…
  3. Building a Reusable Grails Plugin for Shared Domain LogicMost Grails projects start small: a single team sketching a web app, a handful of GORM domain classes, services, and a controller layer wired by convention.…
  4. Running Grails with Docker Compose for Local DevelopmentDeveloping a Grails application on your laptop should feel light, repeatable and fast. Too often, however, the gap between a developer's machine and a staging…
  5. Creating Grails Async Controllers for Non-Blocking RequestsA Grails controller normally receives an HTTP request, performs its work, and returns a response while the server thread remains occupied. That model is…
  6. Using Grails With Apache Kafka For Event StreamingGrails and Apache Kafka make a practical combination for applications that need to process business events reliably and at scale. Grails supplies…
  7. Implementing Grails data binding with custom convertersWhen a Grails controller receives a request, the framework performs a quiet but crucial piece of work: converting incoming strings, JSON fields, and form…
  8. Building a Grails PDF Generator with Templates and PluginsServer-side PDF generation remains a quiet workhorse across Australian digital services, from utility bills in Melbourne to compliance reports for Sydney-based…
  9. Creating Grails Scheduled Jobs With the Quartz PluginIf you have ever built a Grails application that needs to run a report at 3am, send a reminder email every Monday morning, or tidy up stale records overnight,…
  10. Optimizing Grails Application Performance With ProfilingPerformance problems in a Grails application rarely come from a single line of code. Slow pages may be caused by inefficient database queries, excessive object…