This book was an excellent guide for me as a first-time user of Grails
as well as Groovy. Building an entire project while learning is a big
asset: it is one thing to read and learn; it is another to learn by exam-
ple. The book presents the subject matter creatively and simplifies it.
It is definitely a recommended guide to t hose beginners who are ready
to take on a challenge with Grails and Groovy.
Amer Ghumrawi
Programmer/analyst, WinWholesale, Inc.
I’ve always believed that a good programmer finds the information
they need when th ey need it. Nothing could be more true to that state-
ment than wi th this book. I am new to Grails development and was
looking for a good book/reference guide. I found it in Grails: A Quick-
Start Guide. Even after reading it, I f ound myself referri ng to it often
to help me along. It was not written at a level that assumes the reader
is an expert Java developer or familiar with t he popular frameworks.
I found it easy to understand, and the code examples were excellent
in displaying t he ease with which a relative newcomer can become a
Groovy developer using Grails. I highly recommend this book for any-
one who is just starting to develop Grails applications.
Doug Bur ns
Programmer/analyst
I’ve read several books on the Grails framework, and this is the first
that explained thin gs enough that I felt confident building something
from scr atch. If you know R uby on R ails, you should definitely look at
this framework, and this book really helps you get your feet wet.
Brian Hogan
Rails consultant and trainer
Great book! Dave does a fantastic job of presenting the framework in
an easy-to-follow and very accessible way. Excellent!
Jef f Brown
Core Grails developer
