* The Apache Flex SDK allows you to write code that is highly reusable and deployable on all the major platforms. Utilize UI components such as buttons, forms, containers, lists, data grids, and much more to make your application stylish with minimal work. * By targeting the Adobe Flash Player, you can build your applications to be available to over 90% of internet-connected devices. Target Internet Explorer 5+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari on Windows, Mac OSX, Linux and Solaris in a predictable, consistent manner. * Coupled with Adobe AIR, developing for mobile platforms like Apple iPods, iPads, iPhones and Android devices has never been easier. Consistently deploy apps to the respective app stores and reduce the time spent making native applications. * With support from Eclipse based Adobe Flash Builder, FDT, FlashDevelop and JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA you can work at your own pace, using the platform you want.

* Flat learning curve - Convention-over-Configuration, sensible defaults, opinionated APIS and the Groovy language combine to make Grails easy to learn for Java developers * Smooth Java integration - Seamlessly and transparently integrates and interoperates with Java, the JVM and existing Java EE containers * Plugins - Build plugins that extend and enhance Grails or reuse an existing plugin already published by the vibrant plugin community! * Powerful features - Integrated ORM / NoSQL support, a powerful view technology, plugins, and Spring-powered dependency injection. All you need to build modern web applications. * Domain-Specific Languages - Expressive Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) used for validation, querying, markup rendering etc. * IDE Support - Great support in IDEs and text editors such as Intellij IDEA, Eclipse, Sublime, Textmate etc.