So I am using Grails once again. Looks like another decision maker has bought into the hype that re-learning how to do what software engineers like myself have been doing for 10+, in what is supposedly advertised as a "quicker and better" way, is the way to go.
Recently I had the opportunity to ask someone who works for a major entertainment website why they chose Zend Framework / PHP instead of going with the more traditional paradigm of using Java for their Enterprise application.
His answer: "To leverage the knowledge base of my existing team."
I agree with this first and foremost. I am resistant to change.
But I am also sympathetic to the new technologies emerging. Compiler writers need something to do. And I don't mind being paid to Architect Software using new solutions.
So I will be integrating Grails with Backbone.js to hopefully create a very Rich Internet Application, for my client, in the next few months.