Yes, I love the polyglot stuff in Griffon. And of course, Grails has polyglot support too. And Gradle is the ideal build environment for more than just Groovy, i.e. for Java and Scala etc.
Paul. On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Andres Almiray <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, in the case of Griffon the code is open to almost every > major JVM language. Yes, that means you can use > - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GRIFFON/Scala+Plugin > - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GRIFFON/Jython+Plugin > - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GRIFFON/Clojure+Plugin > - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GRIFFON/Erlang+Plugin > > There's a JavaFX plugin even but it has been discontinued as Oracle > killed JavaFX 1.3.x. It might be reborn once JavaFX 2.0 comes out. > > Heck, alternative UI toolkits are also supported > - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GRIFFON/Swt+Plugin > - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GRIFFON/Pivot+Plugin > - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GRIFFON/Gtk+Plugin > > And as a matter of fact a Griffon application can be written almost in > its entirety in > - Java > http://dist.codehaus.org/griffon/guide/guide/13.%20Tips%20and%20Tricks.html#13.2%20Dealing%20with%20Non-Groovy%20Artifacts > - Scala > https://github.com/aalmiray/griffon_sample_apps/tree/master/scala-test > > Griffon truly is a polyglot friendly desktop/RIA development platform. > > Cheers, > Andres > > On Mar 30, 11:02 am, mP <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wednesday, March 30, 2011 6:19:51 PM UTC+11, Joe Sondow wrote: > > > > > > Many great foss libraries have come out since the Scala, Groovy and > > > friends > > > > have come out. Given the advantages of these languages surely they > should > > > > > > have come out w/ something really big that catches everyones > attention. > > > In > > > > terms of the JVM platform i cant see any impact besides the langauges > > > > themselves on the entire ecosystem... > > > > > I think Grails, Gradle, and Griffon have caught a lot of attention. > > > Gradle may still need some work before people trust it as the new > > > great recommendation for build frameworks, but it might get there > > > soon. Grails makes building web apps orders of magnitude easier than > > > some other popular web frameworks like Struts or JSF. Griffon shrinks > > > down Swing code to something more readable and intuitive for a block > > > of GUI code. > > > > At most Grails & Griffon by their very nature are only available to > Groovy > > users which again means they are qutie small compared to the rest. > > > > > Just because a language comes out doesn't mean that's the year when > > > the development community as a whole starts using the language to make > > > their big new open source projects. Adoption of something new takes > > > time. For big important projects a lot of developers like to use a > > > language they already have a few years of experience with. > > > > Of course not, but its been a while for G and S no one is expecting > > immediate germination of great things but still... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
