Oracle Develop, the event for all things Oracle will be held on 16-17 December, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai. If you are a big user of Oracle technologies this certainly looks like an event to attend.

Check out my new article on OTN about building a Grails web application using the Oracle JDeveloper IDE.

Excerpt-
Following the Ruby on Rails (RoR) wave, most software developers have considered, if not tried out, either ROR or some other framework that promises to deliver ROR features. The Grails framework also rode the Rails wave to popularity but is now shaping into a powerful framework in its own right. Grails uses the Groovy
programming language; Groovy syntax is similar to Java’s, but it also adopts some concepts from other languages. Like Java, Groovy generates bytecodes and runs on the Java platform, so it has the power of Java but also adds a few niceties and simplifications.

In this article you will get an introduction to developing Grails applications using Oracle JDeveloper as your IDE. You will also get an overview of Groovy concepts as you go about developing your Grails application.

Visit – http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/oak-grails.html

Related -
* Groovy bridges the scripting and the enterprise Java worlds (Interview with Groovy Lead)
* Grails is a breath of fresh air for Java developers (Interview with Grails Lead)

I have been featured in the Peer-to-Peer section of the current edition of the Oracle Magazine (May/June 2007). Do have a look.

1) Photo On The Table Of Contents Page

2) My Interview On The Peer To Peer Page