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DiscoBot: Groovy on Android

In 2009, Hjalmar Ekengren started the Discobot project. The goal of the discobot project was to run Groovy on Android. This project, while quite far in it's development, was never finished. So in 2011, after finishing their efforts on the Grails Fitnesse Plugin, Marcin and Erik decided to take on the project and provide a smooth experience to developers interested in developing Groovy sotware on Android phones.

In this session, Marcin Erdmann and Erik Pragt will cover the development of a Groovy application on Android, and will provide some interesting background information on what was done to made this possible. We will explain how to get started using the project, how an initial project can be created, and how the project can run on the emulator and phone. After that, we will provide a glimpse of our plans for the future of the Discobot project!

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GROOVY & GRAILS EXCHANGE 2012

Skills Matter is happy to announce the 6th annual Groovy & Grails eXchange on Dec 12-13th 2012. Join us for 2 days of talks, open-space discussions and brainstorming with core committers and leading experts, including Guillaume LaForge, Graeme Rocher, Peter Ledbrook and may others, to learn and share the latest innovative ideas, best tools and practices for enterprise web development with Groovy and Grails.

Mark Murphy's Intro to Android for Busy Coders course

Come join this Android training course, if you need to get a firm foundation for your Android application development efforts. In this Android course, you will learn the basics of getting Android applications and user interfaces up and running, including such tricky bits as dealing with background threads, screen rotations, and database access. Upon completion, you will be able to use Android to construct a simple GUI, backed by a database and user preference file, containing multiple screens (activities). Find out more

Dierk Koenig's Practical Groovy for Developers

Join this workshop to get proficient with Groovy, Java's dynamic friend. Groovy has become the de-facto standard for dynamic programming on the Java platform. This workshop introduces you to Groovy and its areas of applicability with real-world examples.
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Dierk Koenig's Practical Grails for Developers

Join Dierk and learn how to build industrial-strength web applications for the JVM. Grails is the rising web application platform for the Java Enterprise Edition. This tutorial introduces application development with Grails by real-world examples.We start with basic, database-oriented web applications that we extend and finish in the course of the workshop – following the best practices that make real Grails projects successful. Our code will be mainly in Groovy, optionally enriched with Java. Grails gives us a seamless integration between both together with sophisticated IDE support.
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Hans Dockter's Core Gradle

In this intensive and highly practical 3-day Gradle course, you will become familiar with all major concepts of Gradle and how to best use Gradle for simple as well as complex build scenarios. This course is packed with hands-on exercises. You will learn about the basic language elements of the Gradle Domain Specific Language (DSL), how to use Gradle's build-by-convention for plain Java and Java web projects, and how to use the Gradle plugin system. You will find out how easy it is to customize your build. You will learn about Gradle's mighty dependency management. This 3-day Gradle course has been developed by Gradle’s founder and Project lead Hans Dockter. Find out more
ABOUT ERIK PRAGT
Erik has been a software developer since the end of the 90s, and has worked for various companies, including ISPs, Web Designers, a Medical Software Developer and he currently owns a business (Jworks), which focusses on Grails.
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ABOUT MARCIN ERDMANN
Marcin Erdmann is a passionate developer from Poland with experience mainly with Java based technologies. Started as a J2ME developer and later moved towards web development - both backend and frontend.
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ABOUT THE GGUG
The Groovy & Grails User Group was founded in 2007, a few months prior to the first Groovy & Grails eXchange.

The Groovy & Grails UG aims to meet once every month or so, providing an opportunity for Groovy & Grails experts, programmers and enthusiasts to learn, meet and discuss.

The Groovy & Grails UG (UK) also discusses events and ideas on the G&G UG (UK) LinkedIN Group


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PODCAST DISCOBOT: GROOVY ON ANDROID

This session took part at the Groovy & Grails eXchange 2011. You can view the other 35 podcasts here.

GROOVY
ANDROID & IOS PODCASTS
Christophe Coenraets:Cross-Platform Mobile Apps with HTML, JavaScript and PhoneGap, Cross-Platform Mobile Apps
Christophe Coenraets : 24th May 2012
View Podcast: Cross-Platform Mobile Apps with HTML, JavaScript and PhoneGap,
Paul Ardeleanu:Native vs HTML5 - why, when and how to use them, Native vs HTML5
Paul Ardeleanu : 22nd May 2012
View Podcast: Native vs HTML5 - why, when and how to use them,
 :Mozilla on Alternative Markets and Distribution, Mozilla
: 17th May 2012
View Podcast: Mozilla on Alternative Markets and Distribution,
 :Colin Campbell: Nook on Alternative Markets and Distribution, Nook
: 17th May 2012
View Podcast: Colin Campbell: Nook on Alternative Markets and Distribution,
Gavin  Bell:Is Everything Social?, Is Everything Social?
Gavin Bell : 8th May 2012
View Podcast: Is Everything Social?,
Ian Cooper:Huddle, Huddle
Ian Cooper : 23rd Apr 2012
View Podcast: Huddle,
John Rotherham:Apps for Good, Apps for Good
John Rotherham : 23rd Apr 2012
View Podcast: Apps for Good,
Michael Delaney:Elevate, Elevate
Michael Delaney : 23rd Apr 2012
View Podcast: Elevate,
Brendan Sterne:Bazaarvoice, Bazaarvoice
Brendan Sterne : 23rd Apr 2012
View Podcast: Bazaarvoice,
Karl Krukow:Calabash, an open-source automated testing technology for iOS and Android, Calabash for iOS and Android
Karl Krukow : 4th Apr 2012
View Podcast: Calabash, an open-source automated testing technology for iOS and Android,
Michael Delaney:Elevate Launch Event, Elevate Launch Event
Michael Delaney : 7th Mar 2012
View Podcast: Elevate Launch Event,
Robert Taylor:Robobinding: a data-binding framework, Robobinding
Robert Taylor : 16th Feb 2012
View Podcast: Robobinding: a data-binding framework,
Duncan Cragg:Object Network -mapping the web, Object Network
Duncan Cragg : 16th Feb 2012
View Podcast: Object Network -mapping the web,
Paul Ardeleanu:Prototyping your iPhone/iPad app, Prototyping iPhone apps
Paul Ardeleanu : 23rd Jan 2012
View Podcast: Prototyping your iPhone/iPad app,
Dave Springgay :HTML5, Android Webview and java bridging, HTML5 & Android Webview
Dave Springgay : 19th Jan 2012
View Podcast: HTML5, Android Webview and java bridging,
OTHER ANDROID & IOS EVENTS
Dutch Mobile Conference, Dutch Mobile Conference
CONFERENCE (3 DAYS)
Amsterdam , Thursday, June 7th BOOK NOW!
Programming Metro-style Apps Workshop, Programming Metro-style Apps Workshop
CONFERENCE (1/2 DAY)
London, Wednesday, June 13th BOOK NOW!
Gavin  Bell:Gavin Bell's Creating Social Applications,  Gavin Bell's Social Applications
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Gavin Bell
London, Thursday, June 14th
QCon New York 2012, QCon New York 2012
CONFERENCE (3 DAYS)
New York, Monday, June 18th BOOK NOW!
Find Your Ninja Project:Cool Projects in June , Find Your Ninja Project
FREE EVENT: Cool Projects in June
London, Monday, June 25th
Mobile East, Mobile East
CONFERENCE (1 DAY)
Cambridge, Friday, June 29th BOOK NOW!
Matthew Baxter-Reynolds:Matthew Baxter-Reynolds' Professional Windows 8 for .NET Developers,  Matthew Baxter-Reynolds' Windows 8
3 DAY COURSE. Featuring Matthew Baxter-Reynolds
London, Wednesday, July 4th
London Lua:Scripting Nginx with Lua, London Lua
FREE EVENT: Nginx with Lua
London, Thursday, July 5th
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