iCalendar 0.1 Grails Plugin just released

Just seconds ago I got it all ready to release the first version of the iCalender Grails plugin. Version 0.1 is absolutely simple and easy to use. It covers - in my point of view - the main topics of the iCal format.

So when should I use the iCalendar Plugin in my Grails application?

Well if you want to provide a simple iCalendar export service within your Grails controllers to first convert your event data to iCal and the send it to the client. One big advantage is that you can use a builder to describe your event data. This could look for example like this.

iCalendar.calendar {
    events {
      event(start: new Date(), end: new Date(),
description: 'Events description', summary: 'Short info') {
        organizer(name: 'your name', email: 'your@email.com')
      }
   }

If you'd like to know more about this plugin please feel free to visit the plugins homepage.