About the Authors

GRAEME KEITH ROCHER is a software engineer and head of Grails development at SpringSource (http://www.springsource.com), the company behind the Spring Framework that underpins Grails. In his current role, Graeme leads the ongoing development of the Grails framework, driving product strategy and innovation for the Grails framework.

Graeme started his career in the e-learning sector as part of a team developing scalable enterprise learning management systems based on Java EE technology. He later branched into the digital TV arena, where he faced increasingly complex requirements that required an agile approach as the ever-changing and young digital TV platforms evolved. This is where Graeme was first exposed to Groovy and where he began combining Groovy with Cocoon to deliver dynamic multichannel content management systems targeted at digital TV platforms.