Monthly Archives: November 2008

So, it’s getting to be that time of year again- and I’ve come to a realization. I really don’t like Christmas. Oh, the peace on earth and good will to men thing I think is a wonderful idea, and we really should try it sometime. And the Christmas carols, while saccharine and annoying, are only [...]

In the HEAD of Grails is an updated ReleasePlugin script. This version of the script now allows you to do a release from outside of the SVN checkout folder, but you do have to keep SVN updated. In short, this means that you can do releases from git-svn. To get the new ReleasePlugin script, copy [...]

When I was a teenager, my main mode of social interaction was paper-and-pencil role playing games. Among my favorite was Vampire: The Masquerade, which (theoretically, anyway) centered around this idea of clutching to humanity, passion, and life as an undead creature. One of the innovations in the system was alternative moral codes, called “paths” — [...]

As those who saw my “Intro to Grails” Presentation Slides know, I am offering some training courses on Groovy and Grails. The details of those are now up on my business site: Smokejumper Training: Groovy and Grails Training Courses. Enjoy.