apache/grails-core

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Apache Grails is a Groovy-based web application framework for the JVM, built on top of Spring Boot, using convention-over-configuration to speed up development. It integrates with GORM for data access across SQL and NoSQL stores and supports building REST APIs or web apps with React/Angular profiles.

Use cases

• build a web application in groovy on the jvm
• create a rest api with spring boot and groovy
• rapidly scaffold a crud web app with convention over configuration
• build a backend with hibernate or mongodb via gorm
• develop a full-stack app with react or angular frontend
• migrate a java spring boot app to a more productive framework

When to choose

• your team knows Java/Groovy and wants a productive, opinionated full-stack framework on the JVM
• you want Spring Boot power with less boilerplate via convention-over-configuration
• you need GORM's unified data access across Hibernate, MongoDB, Cassandra, or Neo4j
• you want built-in scaffolding, testing, and a large plugin ecosystem

When to avoid

• you need a lightweight microservice-only toolkit without a full-stack framework
• your team prefers non-JVM stacks or frameworks like Rails/Django equivalents in other languages
• you want maximum control over project structure rather than conventions
• you require bleeding-edge reactive or GraalVM native-image-first development

Facets

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web-framework orm api-framework templating cli web-development backend jvm cross-platform cli groovy spring-boot gorm convention-over-configuration rest-apis scaffolding jvm full-stack web-server

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