Framework - Grails (1.2)
Versioning - Git
Server - Tomcat
IDE - Netbeans although to date I've only needed Textmate
My first goal was to create a skeleton and then find something to host the site so that my mate (client) can check it out and provide feedback as we go. I've got an idea of where I'm going with the app but its really going to be quite fluid as I receive feedback. As mentioned in an earlier post we're trying to flesh out functionality here and will worry about the look and feel later.
Basic Structure
In order to think the structure through I've decided to create a bunch of basic domain classes. So far I've got a Meet which has many Races. These in turn have many RaceRecords. A RaceRecord has a Swimmer and a time. Eventually I'll refactor the Swimmer class so that it inherits from a User class as there will be other types of users not just the actual swimmers. Using scaffolding I've got basic CRUD operations for each of these domain classes. So far so good..Hosting
Although this is just under development I still need to be able to host the app so that I can receive feedback as we go. I've decided to just host it locally and use DYNDNS to manage the dynamic IP. I followed the excellent instructions here to install Tomcat. No real issues so far. My only concern is stress on my old PowerPC iMac as its used by the family in addition to the hosting. It has only 1.5 GB Ram and I've created a completely new user for the test server to keep it all separate. Previously I've used Glassfish but that seems a little like overkill at this point, maybe later when I need something that's production worthy.With all this done things are progressing nicely. Now I'm just waiting on some answers to questions for some fundamentals before progressing. BTW using Google Wave for this as it project work seems to be the only thing its good for. If you're keen let me know and I'll add you to the wave.
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