I have never thought much about the grails-app directory name and do not think it should change since it does a good job describing the contents.
We should review our documentation around the directory structure, for a Grails application, to ensure it clearly details the structure and purpose for each main directory for Grails 7. On 2025/04/18 09:01:22 Gianluca Sartori wrote: > I've been thinking about this forever... > > We have the `grails-app` folder containing the conventions over > configuration project structure that is a Grails standard, a different one > from the `src` folder structure. > > The fact it contains `grails` in its name can be useful to immediately > recognise the type of the project by giving a quick look at the directory > tree. But to my eyes that is all it does. > > I think today I finally found the braveness and recklessness to propose we > change it to a more "domain specific" or "technical" name instead of having > the name of the product in it. > > The meaning of that folder should be given by its role in the context > rather than a marketing/communication purpose. > > So I am proposing we change the `grails-app` to `webapp` to indicate it > contains the web part of the application. > > Pros: > - Removes the name of the product from a technical folder > - Gives it a meaning that is immediately intelligible from a developer > point of view (more people know what a `webapp` is that a `grails-app`, no > need to explain further) > - It is a good time to make this change since the move to Apache is a big > change/event > > Cons: > - Breaking change when porting applications from older Grails versions > (must be documented but it's an easy fix) > > Bomb dropped, what is the community opinion? > > Cheers, > Gianluca Sartori >
