Rich Users Interface

[flotho]

Hy all of you,

I'm a french brand new user of Grails 2. I'm coming from the JASF framework.
I'm used to find little website like this one http://www.primefaces.org/showcase-labs/ui/home.jsf where the Interface can be easily understood with the code closely connected on the same page.

So here is my questions :
- Is there anything like this for grails?
-  What GUI framework does the grails community working with?

Thanks for all,

regards

[ondrej-kvasnovsky]

Hi, 

you might like Vaadin (vaadin.com). There is also plugin for Grails, so you can use it pretty easily. 

Ondrej K.

2012/2/7 Florent THOMAS <[hidden email]>

Hy all of you,

I'm a french brand new user of Grails 2. I'm coming from the JASF framework.
I'm used to find little website like this one http://www.primefaces.org/showcase-labs/ui/home.jsf where the Interface can be easily understood with the code closely connected on the same page.

So here is my questions :
- Is there anything like this for grails?
-  What GUI framework does the grails community working with?

Thanks for all,

regards

[flotho]

Well,

It looks great.

But is ther any "by default" UI framework in grails?

Thanks

Le 07/02/2012 15:43, Ondřej Kvasnovský a écrit :

Hi, 

you might like Vaadin (vaadin.com). There is also plugin for Grails, so you can use it pretty easily. 

Ondrej K.

2012/2/7 Florent THOMAS <[hidden email]>

Hy all of you,

I'm a french brand new user of Grails 2. I'm coming from the JASF framework.
I'm used to find little website like this one http://www.primefaces.org/showcase-labs/ui/home.jsf where the Interface can be easily understood with the code closely connected on the same page.

So here is my questions :
- Is there anything like this for grails?
-  What GUI framework does the grails community working with?

Thanks for all,

regards

[Roberto Guerra]

Short answer: no. 

Use what you feel comfortable with.

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Florent THOMAS <[hidden email]> wrote:

Well,

It looks great.

But is ther any "by default" UI framework in grails?

Thanks

Le 07/02/2012 15:43, Ondřej Kvasnovský a écrit :

Hi, 

you might like Vaadin (vaadin.com). There is also plugin for Grails, so you can use it pretty easily. 

Ondrej K.

2012/2/7 Florent THOMAS <[hidden email]>

Hy all of you,

I'm a french brand new user of Grails 2. I'm coming from the JASF framework.
I'm used to find little website like this one http://www.primefaces.org/showcase-labs/ui/home.jsf where the Interface can be easily understood with the code closely connected on the same page.

So here is my questions :
- Is there anything like this for grails?
-  What GUI framework does the grails community working with?

Thanks for all,

regards

--
The Journey Is The Reward.

[flotho]

Thanks for answering so fast.

regards

Le 07/02/2012 16:16, Roberto Guerra a écrit :

Short answer: no. 

Use what you feel comfortable with.

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Florent THOMAS <[hidden email]> wrote:

Well,

It looks great.

But is ther any "by default" UI framework in grails?

Thanks

Le 07/02/2012 15:43, Ondřej Kvasnovský a écrit :

Hi, 

you might like Vaadin (vaadin.com). There is also plugin for Grails, so you can use it pretty easily. 

Ondrej K.

2012/2/7 Florent THOMAS <[hidden email]>

Hy all of you,

I'm a french brand new user of Grails 2. I'm coming from the JASF framework.
I'm used to find little website like this one http://www.primefaces.org/showcase-labs/ui/home.jsf where the Interface can be easily understood with the code closely connected on the same page.

So here is my questions :
- Is there anything like this for grails?
-  What GUI framework does the grails community working with?

Thanks for all,

regards

--
The Journey Is The Reward.

[graham]

I asked a similar question recently:
http://grails.1312388.n4.nabble.com/UI-for-grails-what-s-the-current-state-tp4328364p4328364.html

So it seems that external Javascript libraries on the client or more server-side packages like Vaadin are the way to go, but nothing specifically Grails.

graham

[flotho]

Hy graham,

Thanks for that

Le 07/02/2012 17:28, graham a écrit :

I asked a similar question recently:
http://grails.1312388.n4.nabble.com/UI-for-grails-what-s-the-current-state-tp4328364p4328364.html

So it seems that external Javascript libraries on the client or more
server-side packages like Vaadin are the way to go, but nothing specifically
Grails.

graham

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[John Moore]

I'm currently in the process of deciding what to go for for a Grails application which is replacing an existing desktop application and needs to contain the same kind of functionality. I have been looking a lot at Dojo/Dijit, and like it very much, but I must say that Vaadin also has great appeal. I need a great-looking, consistent widget set, which both of these solutions provide, although they're very different apart from that (with Vaadin you don't have to touch Javascript at all, the UI is all coded in Java/Groovy server-side). I haven't ruled out ZK entirely yet, either. You know, sometimes I just hate choice! It would be easier if the solution were determined for me by being the only available option, then I could just start working with it instead of hovering on the edge...:)

[José Antonio]

Another great option: http://www.kendoui.com/

2012/2/8 John Moore <[hidden email]>

I'm currently in the process of deciding what to go for for a Grails
application which is replacing an existing desktop application and needs to
contain the same kind of functionality. I have been looking a lot at
Dojo/Dijit, and like it very much, but I must say that Vaadin also has great
appeal. I need a great-looking, consistent widget set, which both of these
solutions provide, although they're very different apart from that (with
Vaadin you don't have to touch Javascript at all, the UI is all coded in
Java/Groovy server-side). I haven't ruled out ZK entirely yet, either. You
know, sometimes I just hate choice! It would be easier if the solution were
determined for me by being the only available option, then I could just
start working with it instead of hovering on the edge...:)

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[flotho]

Funny,

I think that John Moore will appreciate the fact thate he will ave one more choice ;-)

Le 08/02/2012 14:00, Antonio Jiménez a écrit :

Another great option: http://www.kendoui.com/

2012/2/8 John Moore <[hidden email]>

I'm currently in the process of deciding what to go for for a Grails
application which is replacing an existing desktop application and needs to
contain the same kind of functionality. I have been looking a lot at
Dojo/Dijit, and like it very much, but I must say that Vaadin also has great
appeal. I need a great-looking, consistent widget set, which both of these
solutions provide, although they're very different apart from that (with
Vaadin you don't have to touch Javascript at all, the UI is all coded in
Java/Groovy server-side). I haven't ruled out ZK entirely yet, either. You
know, sometimes I just hate choice! It would be easier if the solution were
determined for me by being the only available option, then I could just
start working with it instead of hovering on the edge...:)

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[Chanwit Kaewkasi]

Hi Florent,

I am behind the ZK plugin. It's fine-tuned to support Grails 2.0 and
the latest version ZK 6 - with a pack of great new features.
I carefully separated its core out of Hibernate. It's following
Grails' roadmap towards polyglot persistence.

Another interesting area is mobile/touch devices.
I've been working to make ZK and Grails an appealing platform for
enterprise mobile applications. Here's a screencast so far for a newly
set of ZK components (Built atop Kendo Mobile).

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/381580/zkgrails/Zendo%20Mobile%2001.mp4

Cheers,

Chanwit

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 22:30, Florent THOMAS <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Funny,
>
> I think that John Moore will appreciate the fact thate he will ave one more
> choice ;-)
>
> Le 08/02/2012 14:00, Antonio Jiménez a écrit :
>
> Another great option: http://www.kendoui.com/
>
> 2012/2/8 John Moore <[hidden email]>
>>
>> I'm currently in the process of deciding what to go for for a Grails
>> application which is replacing an existing desktop application and needs
>> to
>> contain the same kind of functionality. I have been looking a lot at
>> Dojo/Dijit, and like it very much, but I must say that Vaadin also has
>> great
>> appeal. I need a great-looking, consistent widget set, which both of these
>> solutions provide, although they're very different apart from that (with
>> Vaadin you don't have to touch Javascript at all, the UI is all coded in
>> Java/Groovy server-side). I haven't ruled out ZK entirely yet, either. You
>> know, sometimes I just hate choice! It would be easier if the solution
>> were
>> determined for me by being the only available option, then I could just
>> start working with it instead of hovering on the edge...:)
>>
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[a.shneyderman]

> I think that John Moore will appreciate the fact thate he will ave one more
> choice ;-)

In that case he should also consider ExtJS (or they cal lit Sencha now).

I have not seen anything more logical than that framework. Javascript
(JQuery or not) is pretty messy business. With Sencha you get to have
almost none of the mess. It is basically Swing ported to JavaScript.

The disadvantage is it is not free. Although the money you pay for the license
will be well worth it.

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[graham]

Looking at the other replies I can see that there is another factor - what IDE can be used with the UI package ?

I've been using IntelliJ IDEA for some years and have found the Grails coverage good - but not all of the UI packages mentioned seem to support IDEA (or is it the other way round ?)   so it those cases it would complicate development to some extent. Personally I'd prefer to keep it simple.

graham

[graham]

Out of interest I ran a few searches in Grails Plugins and came up with the following list (in no particular order)  that seem to be related to general purpose "tools" involved with the UI:

ZK
kendo
jquery
vaadin
knockout
kickstart
bubbling
YUI (yahoo)
YUI3
mootools
dojo
GWT
Canoo ULC
prototype
jAces(dojo)

plus the old
RichUI
GrailsUI

and I'm sure that there are more, but a little too specific, plugins.

Of course I haven't I haven't looked outside of Grails yet !

Some of the above are open-source, free, charged for; client-side, server-side - you name it there'll probably be one.

I'm working through them to see how they look.

graham

[flotho]

Hy,

I've searched for a while what framework to choose.
Personnaly, as I don't need to develop website but web APPLICATIONS (that doesn't need to have flashy effects, navigation and stuff like that) I choose vaadin.
It's awesome how it works like spring and helps the developpers used to code desktop apps.
So in my opinion and regarding to my needs, the vaadin plugin for groovy is good, vaadin is great.
I think that the final goal of this framework is to have a kind of eclipse RAP : http://rap.eclipsesource.com/rapdemo/examples

Regards

Le 12/02/2012 16:44, graham a écrit :

Out of interest I ran a few searches in Grails Plugins and came up with the
following list (in no particular order)  that seem to be related to general
purpose "tools" involved with the UI:

ZK
kendo
jquery
vaadin
knockout
kickstart	
bubbling	
YUI (yahoo)
YUI3	
mootools
dojo	
GWT	
Canoo ULC	
prototype	
jAces(dojo)	

plus the old
RichUI
GrailsUI

and I'm sure that there are more, but a little too specific, plugins.

Of course I haven't I haven't looked outside of Grails yet !

Some of the above are open-source, free, charged for; client-side,
server-side - you name it there'll probably be one.

I'm working through them to see how they look.

graham


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