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April 2009 GroovyMag available

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

The April 2009 GroovyMag is now available.  This month:

  • we wrap up last month’s looks at “Groovy Under the Hood” (Kirsten Schwark)
  • wrap up “New GORM Features in Grails 1.1″ (Bashar Abdul-Jawad)
  • cover  using Flex and Grails together (from Jeremy Anderson)
  • using the Sumatra testing tool to test JavaScript from Groovy (from Scott Vlamnick)
  • review the latest community news (Dave Klein)
  • visit the Plugin Corner to learn about the JavaScript Validator plugin (Dave Klein).

More info can be found at http://groovymag.com/latest

Investigating print options – looking for your feedback

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Looking for a bit of feedback on demand for print copies of GroovyMag (and by extension, JSMag).  We would possibly be able to provide physical print copies along with PDF copies for approximately $9USD (which would include shipping charges) for US residents, and *likely* delivery to much of the rest of the world for $11 or $12 (again, USD).  As a reader, how important is this to you?  The magazines would be color covers with black and white insides.

A number of you have suggested magcloud as an option – currently two Ruby/Rails magazines offer print-on-demand copies there.  However, there are a number of drawbacks with MagCloud currently, including lack of API integration (separate login and payment required), high expense, and limited delivery areas.

If you’re interested in this, please comment here or email me (michael@groovymag.com).  Indicate where you live (country, primarily) and if this is something that would interest you in having.  We’re close to a point where this might be something viable to offer, but it’s still not a done deal, and might need to be revisited a bit later this year.