Latest Grails framework is set for the JVM [Video]

Grails 1.2 contains hundreds of fixes and improvements; SpringSource also offers general availability of Spring 3.0 Java framework

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SpringSource, which is now a division of VMware, released on Wednesday the 1.2 version of the Grails dynamic language framework for the Java Virtual Machine.

The general release follows the December 16 general availability of Spring Framework 3.0 for Java application development. Accessible at this Web page, Grails 1.2 offers significant new features, said Graeme Rocher, head of Grails development at SpringSource, in a blog post. Grails was built on the Groovy language.

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“Representing the most stable and performant Grails release yet, Grails 1.2 is a significant new release of the premier dynamic language framework for the JVM,” Rocher said

In addition to supporting Spring 3.0, Grails 1.2 has dependency resolution offering full control over JAR (Java Archive) dependencies. Improved Spring integration is featured along with named …