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Modify tinymce image/link dialog content in grails

Recently in a project i used tinymce where i needed to modify the image/link dialog of tinymce. To modify tinymce firstly make it inline/custom plugin means download and paste in javascript folder. To modify image dialog , create a gsp that you want to show in dialog box and paste in [java] /web-app/js/plugins/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/advimage [/java] I […]

Shaurav
Shaurav
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Using Modules to avoid structures repetition in Geb Test Pages

Using modules in Geb testing can help to avoid repetition of same code/ sections in Geb test pages. In this blog I want to talk about repeating data structures such as tables and how to avoid this repition by modelling them.In Geb testing if there is some content which is used in multiple pages then […]

Gunpreet
Gunpreet
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Using PostConstruct annotation with Grails Services

We can use PostConstruct with Grails Services and injected Spring Beans. This PostConstruct annotation can be used to annotate a method which needs to be executed after dependency injection to perform any initialization. [code] import javax.annotation.PostConstruct class PostConstructDemoService { @PostConstruct private void init() { println "Initializing" //your initialization code goes here. e.g connect to some […]

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Evaluating Expressions with groovy.util.Eval

A few days ago I faced a problem of evaluating dynamic expressions on domain objects. The scenario was that, depending upon the user input, I needed to sort a list of objects on some properties, which were nested deep in the object, e.g., [java] student.course?.college?.name // if a user chose to sort students by college […]

Imran Mir
Imran Mir
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Integrating Spring AOP with Grails Application

AOP means Aspect Oriented Programming Enables encapsulation of functionality that affects multiple classes in separate units. Complements Object Oriented Programming. Cross Cutting Concerns : Functionality whose implementation spans multiple modules. Different From OOPS Sometimes we want to implement common functionality through out some classes, through out some common method. We can achieve that functionality by […]

Mohit Garg
Mohit Garg
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Login with Twitter

This application saves user’s time for registration by providing a way through which user can login into application with its twitter credentials. Application will get the user details from his corresponding twitter account and will do the registration programmatically, so user can easily manage account through his twitter account. Five simple steps to connect with […]

Amit Kumar
Amit Kumar
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Manage Multiple Log File

Different Levels of Logging to Different Appenders or Files: When a project is running, then lot of log messages (all type of log messages e.g. Error, Fatal, Warning, Info, Debug etc.) are logged into a single log file. Many times we try to find the error messages only, instead of debugging the complete application. In […]

Amit Kumar
Amit Kumar
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Auto Completion for Grails Scripts with Dynamic Version Determination

We are constantly striving to be more productive by minimizing key-strokes for a lot of commonly used shell commands. Alias is one way of achieving it, but it isn’t always the answer. Bash auto completion is one feature that I use a lot. To avoid the hassles of working with multiple grails projects, I use […]

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How to configure SSL on Tomcat server and run Grails/Java application on HTTPS

To run your Grails application on SSL, firstly you need to configure the Tomcat server. Here in this example, I will show how to configure Tomcat instance and run Grails/Java application. For SSL/HTTPS: We need .keystore file. You can generate it by using command“keytool -genkey”. Run this command on linux terminal or window cmd, follow […]

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