We are a proud sponsor of the 2017 GR8Conf US!
Planning to attend GR8Conf US? Use discount code GR82017_OCI at checkout and get 20% off the price of your ticket. We hope to see you there.
What?
GR8Conf US is a celebration of the GR8 technologies — Apache Groovy & Grails. To spread the word, we are pleased to announce our sponsorship of this event.
This conference is unique because it is run by developers and volunteers in the Groovy Community.
WHEN?
July 26 – July 28, 2017
WHERE?
University of St. Thomas - Schulze Hall
46 S 11th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55403
WHO WILL BE THERE?
Our Grails team, along with other leaders in the G&G ecosystem, have some GR8 talks lined up – check out the full schedule for more information!
Jeff Scott Brown
Jeff is a co-founder of the Grails framework, and a core member of the Grails development team. Jeff will deliver talks on:
Graeme Rocher
Graeme is a co-founder of the Grails framework and co-authored "The Definitive Guide to Grails." Graeme's talks include:
Paul King
Paul King has been contributing to Open Source projects for nearly 30 years and is an active committer on numerous projects, including Groovy, GPars, and Gradle. Paul speaks at international conferences, publishes in software magazines and journals, and is a co-author of Manning’s best-seller, Groovy in Action, 2nd Edition. Paul's talks include:
Iván López
Iván discovered Grails 7 years ago and since almost exclusively develops using Groovy. He is the creator of some Grails plugins like Postgresql-Extensions and Slug-Generator. He's also the coordinator of the Madrid Groovy User Group and the organizer of the Greach Conference. Iván's talks include:
Ryan Vanderwerf
Ryan is a developer on the core Grails team. Formerly, he served as the Chief Systems and Software Architect and Director of Products at ReachForce and Lead Architect at www.developerprogram.com. He has helped maintain various Grails plugins and serves as co-chair of the Groovy and Grails User Group in Austin, TX. Ryan's talks include:
Colin Harrington
Colin boasts over 7 years of Grails experience and 10+ years of experience developing web-based applications. He's an agile practitioner with a proven track record having been a key component of multiple powerful fast-paced teams. Colin's talks include:
Zachary Klein
Zacahry has been doing Groovy & Grails development for over 6 years. Outside of the JVM and web dev space, Zachary is the author of the webpack and React profiles for Grails 3. Zachary's talks include:
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!
Amazon Dot vs. Google Home
Ryan Vanderwerf developed a Grails app that can host new skills! We will demonstrate how to create Grails apps in 2 ways: via Grails 3 and web services, and using AWS Lamba. You can use Groovy for both approaches!
In his workshop, Vanderwerf will demonstrate some pretty Groovy tricks using echo devices. You'll be hacking away as soon as you get home!
Don’t have an Amazon Echo or a Google Home? Enter our raffle for a chance to win one!
Grails Training at GR8Conf US
If the 2-day conference is not enough GR8ness for you, join us on July 24–25 for a hands-on Grails training course, facilitated by Grails co-founder Jeff Brown! This course features an in-depth overview of the Grails Framework. Learn to build more complex application with less code! And if you’re attending GR8Conf, you’ll receive a BIG discount, too!
Not attending GR8Conf, but still interested in learning Grails?
Check out our Grails training classes.
