Griffon
is a Grails like application framework for developing desktop applications in Groovy.
- Inspired by Grails, Griffon follows the Convention over Configuration paradigm, paired with an intuitive MVC architecture and a command line interface.
- Griffon also follows the spirit of the Swing Application Framework (JSR 296), it defines a simple yet powerful application life cycle and event publishing mechanism.
- Another interesting feature comes from the Groovy language itself: automatic property support and property binding (inspired by BeansBinding (JSR 295)), which makes creating observable beans and binding to their properties a snap!
- As if property binding was not enough Groovy’s SwingBuilder also simplifies building multi-threaded applications, say goodbye to the ugly gray rectangle (the bane of Swing apps)! Grails developers should feel right at home when trying out Griffon. Many of Grails’ conventions and commands are shared with Griffon. Granted, Swing is not the same as HTML/GSP but Builders simplify the task of creating the UI. Seasoned Java developers will also be able to pick up the pace quickly, as the framework relieves you of the burden of maintaining an application structure, allowing you to concentrate on getting the code right.
Add the PPA and Install
To install and track the latest stable version, run the following on the command line:
$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:groovy-dev/griffon
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install griffon-1.0.1
Fresh versions of multiple series may be installed side-by-side:
$ sudo apt-get install griffon-0.9.2
$ sudo apt-get install griffon-0.9.3
$ sudo apt-get install griffon-0.9.4
$ sudo apt-get install griffon-0.9.5
Switch between versions by running the following command:
$ sudo update-alternatives --config griffon