<s>
Griffon	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
rich	B-Architecture
client	I-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
framework	O
which	O
uses	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
Apache	B-Application
Groovy	I-Application
,	O
and/or	O
Kotlin	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Griffon	B-Language
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
high-productivity	O
framework	O
by	O
rewarding	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Model-View-Controller	O
paradigm	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
development	O
environment	O
and	O
hiding	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
configuration	O
detail	O
from	O
the	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
is	O
the	O
fruit	O
of	O
the	O
effort	O
by	O
the	O
Groovy	B-Application
Swing	B-Language
team	O
and	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
rapid	O
application	O
development	O
,	O
as	O
indicated	O
by	O
its	O
Grails-like	O
structure	O
,	O
the	O
agility	O
of	O
Groovy	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
components	O
for	O
Swing	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	O
was	O
redesign	O
from	O
scratch	O
for	O
version	O
2	O
,	O
allowing	O
different	O
JVM	B-Language
programming	O
languages	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
either	O
in	O
isolation	O
or	O
in	O
conjunction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Griffon	B-Language
aims	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
typical	O
confusion	O
that	O
occurs	O
with	O
traditional	O
Java	B-Language
UI	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
MVC	O
structure	O
of	O
Griffon	B-Language
,	O
developers	O
never	O
have	O
to	O
go	O
searching	O
for	O
files	O
or	O
be	O
confused	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
start	O
a	O
new	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
builder	O
infrastructure	O
enables	O
seamless	O
integration	O
of	O
different	O
widget	O
libraries	O
such	O
as	O
Swing	B-Language
,	O
JIDE	O
,	O
and	O
SwingX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greet	O
,	O
a	O
Groovy	B-Application
Twitter	O
client	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
JavaOne	O
2009	O
Script	O
Bowl	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
SwingPad	O
,	O
a	O
lightweight	O
designer	O
application	O
for	O
Griffon	B-Language
user	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Griffon	B-Language
can	O
be	O
extended	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
plugins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plugins	O
provide	O
run-time	O
access	O
to	O
testing	O
libraries	O
such	O
as	O
Easyb	O
and	O
FEST	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
widget	O
libraries	O
besides	O
core	O
Swing	B-Language
are	O
provided	O
as	O
plugins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polyglot	O
Programming	O
with	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
Apache	B-Application
Groovy	I-Application
,	O
Kotlin	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQL	O
and	O
NoSQL	B-General_Concept
datastores	O
like	O
Berkleydb	O
,	O
CouchDB	O
,	O
Db4O	O
,	O
Neo4j	O
,	O
NeoDatis	O
,	O
Memcached	O
and	O
Riak	O
.	O
</s>
