Sven Haiges is at it again.  This time, he's created a screencast in which he builds a simple Grails application from scratch in less time than it takes to brew a cup o' Joe. Sven, who's also the voice behind the weekly Grails podcast, hopes to add more screencasts in the coming weeks.  This first screencast is an excellent showcase of the productivity one can have with Grails, and it's just the kind of marketing that Groovy and Grails need.  One of the key factors in the success of Ruby on Rails is, without a doubt, the marketing genius of David Heinemeier Hansson.  (That's not to say that Rails is anything short of revolutionary, but even a great product needs good marketing if it's to have any chance of significant adoption.)  It's great to see Grails begin to develop some similar collateral.  

The latest episode of the Java Posse, the premier podcast for all things Java, mentions the recent Grails + EJB3 article on InfoQ.  It's Episode 80, and you can hear what they have to say in the Quick News items at about the 43:25 mark.

InfoQ has a detailed article on using the Grails framework,which is a Groovy-based alternative to Ruby on Rails, to access EJB3 domain components (or domain objects).  All the way from entity objects over to back-end database tables through to a fully-working web user interface. It's a long article, but if you're interested in seeing what Grails is all about, it's, I think, the most complete Grails tutorial I've seen yet, and nicely covers the domain of integrating Grails with an enterprise system.

Thanks to the Java Posse for continuing to spread the word about Grails and Groovy. 

If you're not familiar with the Java Posse, I highly recommend that you check out the podcast.  The newscasts provide a great way to stay up-to-date, and the interviews offer insightful access to the industry experts behind the news.

• Listen to Episode 80.
• Subscribe to the Java Posse in iTunes.
• Listen to the Java Posse's in-depth interview with Grails project lead Graeme Rocher in Episode 50.