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Grails vs PlayBasic

A side-by-side look at Grails and PlayBasic. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Grails

Grails

Development

Grails is an open source web application framework that utilizes the Groovy programming language and the Java platform. It provides a convention-over-configuration, rapid application development environment for building web apps.

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PlayBasic

PlayBasic

Games

PlayBasic is a proprietary programming language and IDE for learning and developing 2D video games. It uses a BASIC-style syntax which is easy to learn and allows for rapid game prototyping. Some key features include sprites, sounds, tiles, scrolling backgrounds and more.

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