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.

About a month ago I tweeted out “How do you debug in Groovy and Grails?”  Someone had asked me privately, and I have to say I can’t recall who it was.   Can’t find the tweet or email, whatever it was.  Whoever asked – I apologize for not having got back to you. 

Here were the answers I got back on from Twitter. 

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  keithcochran: @groovymag I use IntelliJ and start the server in debug mode. It works well but some classes (like services) I have to use log.debug()
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  dani_latorre: @groovymag : grails-debug run-app + eclipse breakpoints
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  colinharrington: @groovymag intellij is the only one that I have been able to debug in. Eclipse worked up until you had plugins or joint compilation
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  AndreasArledal: @groovymag So far just using println has worked well. I’m considering moving from textmate to Idea, if I do I’ll probably use grails-debug.
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  graemerocher: @groovymag println for simple stuff. Intellij + grails-debug run-app for anything more complex
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  burtbeckwith: @groovymag I usually run with “grails-debug run-app” and attach the Eclipse debugger as needed

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