Grails database access is provided through GORM which implements connections to many different database platforms. The main implementation of is for Hiberate ORM which uses JDBC to connect to a relational database. There are also GORM implementations for MongoDB, Neo4j, Cassandra and REST. Given support for JDBC and the special implementations you have a rich… Continue reading Selecting a database platform

The idea for this blog came from the documentation and answers out there regarding Grails as a platform – or to be more precise – the lack of writing about why and what the different choices brings to the table, and also which choices are there to choose from. The amount of optional and mandatory… Continue reading Moving to Grails from a legacy platform – background