Groovy Grails basic template

This example shows how to use AnyChart library with the Groovy programming language, Grails framework and MySQL database.

Running

To use this sample you must have Groovy, Gradle, Grails installed on your computer. You can use SDKMAN to install them:

$ curl -s get.sdkman.io | bash
$ source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
$ sdk install groovy
$ sdk install gradle
$ sdk install grails

Also you must have MySQL installed and running. If not, please check out MySQL Download page and follow these instructions.

To check your installations, run the following command in the command line:

$ groovy -version
Groovy Version: 2.4.12 JVM: 1.8.0_131 Vendor: Oracle Corporation OS: Linux
$ gradle -version
------------------------------------------------------------
Gradle 4.0.2
...
$ grails -version
| Grails Version: 3.3.0
| Groovy Version: 2.4.11
| JVM Version: 1.8.0_13
$ mysql --version
mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.52, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 6. # sample output

To start this example run commands listed below.

Clone the repository from github.com:

$ git clone git@github.com:anychart-integrations/groovy-grails-mysql-template.git

Navigate to the repository folder:

$ cd groovy-grails-mysql-template

Set up MySQL database, use -u -p flags to provide username and password:

$  mysql < database_backup.sql

Run application:

$ grails run-app

Open browser at http://localhost:8080/

Workspace

Your workspace should look like:

groovy-grails-mysql-template/
    ... some stuff created by 'grails create-app groovy-grails-mysql-template'
    grails-app/
        assets/
            ...
            stylesheets/
                chart.css   # css style
        conf/
            ...
            application.yml   # base application and MySQL database settings
        controllers/
            groovy.grails.mysql.template/
                ChartController.groovy   # controller to display chart
                UrlMappings.groovy   # app routes
        domain/
            groovy.grails.mysql.template/
                Fruit.groovy   # base model
        ...
        views/
            chart/
                index.gsp   # html template for chart displaying
    build.gradle #gradle settings
    database_backup.sql   # MySQL database dump
    gradle.properties
    gradlew
    gradlew.bat
    grails-wrapper.jar
    grailsw
    grailsw.bat
    README.md
    LICENSE

Technologies

Language - Groovy
Framework - Grails
Build tool - Gradle
Database - MySQL
Database mapping - GORM

Further Learning

• Documentation
• JavaScript API Reference
• Code Playground
• Technical Support

License

AnyChart Groovy/Grails/MySQL integration sample includes two parts:

• Code of the integration sample that allows to use Javascript library (in this case, AnyChart) with Groovy language, Grails framework and MySQL database. You can use, edit, modify it, use it with other Javascript libraries without any restrictions. It is released under Apache 2.0 License.
• AnyChart JavaScript library. It is released under Commercial license. You can test this plugin with the trial version of AnyChart. Our trial version is not limited by time and doesn't contain any feature limitations. Check details here.

If you have any questions regarding licensing - please contact us. sales@anychart.com