Re: [grails-user] Re: [groovy-user] Specs for Grails Maven essentials

> May be more suitable on the Grails forums
>
>  On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Stig Lau <stig.lau@...> wrote:
>  > I've had a oneday testout of Grails. Though Grails seems cute and
>  > potentially very helpful, the folder structure and semantics are "homemade"
>  > and require documentation reading, and the lack of Maven compilation is a
>  > severe blocker for enterpricy adoptation. In contrast to [WhyNot]
>  > This may not be the right fora for such a proposal, but i post it here
>  > hoping that someone with knowledge of Grails and Maven and spare time on
>  > their hands picks this up.
>  > The Octo Grails Maven Plugin [Octo] gives an ok first impression, but is
>  > only a Maven layer on top of the Grails ANT build system. In my opinion, it
>  > does not make working with Grails easier.
>  >
>  > I have compiled a set of essentials for adopting Grails for Maven
>  > enthusiasts:
>  >
>  > * Grails pom "archetype" - A project pom that defines the necessary
>  > dependencies and folderstructure of a Grails project, preferrably generated
>  > automatically ([Octo] may have done something.
>  > * Grails dependencies in repo - I could not find the standard Grails
>  > dependencies in the repo1.maven2 or codehaus standard repositories.
>  > * Create Grails plugins essentials - compiler which knows the folder
>  > semantics and can generate code (into /target) without using ant
>  > voodoomagic. Avoid rewriting "grails create-app" and "grails run-app"
>  > * Moving grails from homegrown folders to src/main/groovy for Maven users
>  > (Not important, but could be positive for adoptation)
>  >
>  > [WhyNot]
>  > http://graemerocher.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-grails-doesnt-use-maven.html
>  > [Octo] http://forge.octo.com/maven/sites/mtg/grails-maven-plugin/
>  >
>  > Regards
>  >
>  >  Stig Lau
>
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