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Speaker: Dave Klein - Author of 'Grails: A Quick-Start Guide'
Abstract: Not Your Father's Custom Tags
Overview: One of the most compelling features of Grails is it's custom tag libraries. Yet many developers, especially those coming from a JSP or JSF background, run from the room screaming when someone suggests creating a custom tag. Grails custom tag libraries are a powerful way to encapsulate business logic and keep code out of our pages. They are also great for declaring intent and making pages more readable. But here's the best part... they are ridiculously easy to create.
Speaker Bio: Dave is a developer with Contegix, a company specializing in delivering managed internet infrastructure based upon Linux, Mac OSX, JEE, and Grails. Dave has been involved in enterprise software development for the past 15 years. He has worked as a developer, architect, project manager, mentor and trainer. Dave has presented at user groups and national conferences. He is also the founder of the Capital Java User Group in Madison, Wisconsin and the author of Grails: A Quick-Start Guide, published by the Pragmatic Programmers. Dave's Groovy and Grails related thoughts can be found at http://dave-klein.blogspot.com
Location:
200 S. Wacker Drive map
Floor/Room: TBD
Chicago, IL 60606
Date/Time: Tuesday July 21st, 2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Cost: FREE - REGISTER HERE
Food: Pizza/Sandwiches and assorted beverages
Raffle: Free JetBrains License (IntelliJ IDEA/Team CIty Build Agent/RubyMine)
Sponsored by: Contegix (http://www.contegix.com)
