See Tim Berglund at Uber Conf

Back from his tour of Ireland, Tim Bergland is back in Colorado speaking to a hometown crowd at Uber Conf.

Hear Tim talk about "Gaelyk: Cloud-Based Apps With Groovy", "Practical Agile Database Development", and more. Hope to see you there!

See Tim Berglund at Epicenter 2010 Conference in Dublin

Tim Berglund has been chatting up the Irish attendees at Epicenter 2010 in Dublin, whether it's live coding an entire Grails presentation, talking about Microformats and the Semantic Web, turning them on to HTML5, or showing them how Groovy + Google App Engine = Gaelyk.

Don't worry, though. He'll be back stateside soon enough. You can catch him next week at UberConf in Denver and across the US on the NFJS tour.

Hear Scott Davis on the Grails Podcast Episode 111

I love chatting with Sven and Glen over at GrailsPodcast.com. Their normally orderly show is thrown into complete chaos every time I show up. This time was no different.

Our conversation was all over the map -- Getting Started with Grails (2nd edition), the Groovy/Grails development work we're doing over at Closely.com, the plaintive wails of a conflicted Apple FanBoy, the future of HTML5, and much more.

You can listen to the podcast now. Enjoy!

See Tim Berglund at the Denver Java Users Group on May 12

Software teams spend a great deal of time making decisions that place enormous amounts of capital on the line. Team members and leaders owe it to themselves to learn how to make them well.

Hear Tim Berglund talk about "Decision Making" at the Denver Java Users Group on May 12, 2010.

ThirstyHead Grails Training: Seattle, May 25-27, 2010

You've been asking for a public Grails class, and here it is! ThirstyHead will be in Seattle offering a 3-day Mastering Grails class on May 25-27, 2010. Register now before the class fills up.

We'll cover the latest version of Grails (1.2.2 as of now), and we'll be teaching out of our latest book, Getting Started with Grails.

The class is very hands-on -- you bring your laptop, and we'll make sure that you get Groovy and Grails (and Java) installed, as well as the IDE or text editor of your choice. This is not a "watch someone else do the typing for you" kind of class. The detailed labs ensure that you are comfortable getting your first (or your latest) Grails application written and deployed.

Register now, and we'll see you in Seattle!

easyb 0.9.7 Released

The behavior-driven development (BDD) testing framework easyb -- founded by ThirstyHead's own Andy Glover -- just hit version 0.9.7. If you are interested in leveraging the flexibility of Groovy to test your Java code, look no further than the easyb DSL.

There are plenty of examples and documentation included in this release. There are plug-ins for IntelliJ and Eclipse. So what are you waiting for? Download easyb and take it out for a spin. You won't be disappointed.

A New IBM developerWorks Article: The route to smart transit

If you aren't taking the bus or the train to work, why not? In The route to smart transit, Scott Davis shows you websites, web services, iPhone apps, and more that make it easy to make public transportation a part of your everyday commute.

See Scott Davis at the Denver Java Users Group on April 14

If you are curious about Polyglot Programming, this is your chance to see Groovy, Ruby, Scala, and Clojure side-by-side. On April 14, DJUG is presenting a Polyglot Languages Panel.

Java isn't the only language running on the JVM these days. Come see these other JVM languages in action.

See Scott Davis at the Great Indian Developer Summit April 21-23

Scott Davis will be in Bangalore, India at the Great Indian Developer Summit on April 21-23. His talks include "Lizard Brain Web Design", "Web 2.0 Deconstructed", "The Amazing Groovy Weight-loss Plan", "Dim Sum Grails", and "Real World JSON".

See Tim Berglund at NFJS Memphis April 23

That's not Elvis! That's ThirstyHead's Tim Berglund speaking at NFJS Memphis on April 23. His talks include "How to Make an Agile Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich" and "Does This White Sequined Jumpsuit Make Me Look Fat?"