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Groovy and Grails

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The best tools for Groovy and Grails developers with full Java SE integration.

Groovy Projects

The NetBeans IDE directly supports Groovy, a dynamic scripting language for the Java Platform, and Grails, a web application framework that leverages the Groovy language. Use it to develop 100% pure Groovy applications, or mix Groovy with Java and take advantage of Groovy's dynamic nature in your Java projects.

Groovy Source Code Editor

The Groovy editor supports syntax highlighting, code folding, and code completion. It highlights occurrences and is integrated with the IDE's navigator.

Video: Groovy Makes Code Generation Simple

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Groovy and Java SE Project Integration

Groovy integrates nicely with Java in any Java SE project: You can call Groovy classes from Java code, and Java classes from Groovy code. To set up a pure Groovy project, create new Java SE project, add your Groovy class or script, and press Run.

Video: Groovy Makes Java Better

Grails Web Applications

For the web tier, the NetBeans IDE fully supports the Grails framework. Multiple Grails commands are integrated into the IDE's workflow: You control the status of your Grails application from the Services window, you can run Grails generators, and build Groovy Server Pages (GSP). The NetBeans IDE also opens existing Grails projects without adding any metadata.

Groovy and Java SE

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