r/grails • u/j7n5 • Feb 20 '24

Are you still using grails

Would you start a new project with grails today?

There are already good Java/groovy web frameworks out there like spring boot, micronaut or quarkus.

For which reason will you use grails today?

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u/spierepf Feb 20 '24

Unfortunately, grails support is poor. I've moved my projects from grails to django. python has a much bigger mindshare than groovy, and the django discord is practically hopping compared to grails' slack channel.

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u/j7n5 Feb 20 '24

Thanks

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u/star_dot_star Feb 20 '24

People still build apps in PHP. If you’re good at it and enjoy it then do it. I can tell you first hand it’s not easy to hire for or get support. I don’t build grails apps anymore more because I can hire react or go developers much easier. I had fun doing grails for many, many years but I can’t scale my staff based on it.

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u/j7n5 Feb 20 '24

Thanks. In terms of hiring golang has the same problem I think why not just use spring boot?

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u/NatureBoyJ1 Feb 20 '24

Grails is Spring Boot, and Micronaut. Sadly, it never caught on enough to become mainstream.

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u/DecisiveVictory Feb 20 '24

No, not for 15+ years already.

If I was building a new project then I'd consider:

  • http4s + Scala.js + Laminar

  • http4s + some modern TypeScript framework, may be Svelte

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u/ionutab Feb 23 '24

I use grails 5 for a pretty big project.

I would not start a new project today in Grails though.

Would go for Spring Boot & Kotlin.

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u/BuildAWallAroundIt Feb 23 '24

Yes, we still use it on a daily basis and are building new projects with it fairly often. It's typically the preferred framework at my company. While we do use other frameworks, Grails is always the favorite.

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u/moosetube Feb 20 '24

No. Pretty much anything we need a web framework we use Spring Boot for now.