Fun fact: Grails GString's require double quotes

Will work:


def element = "<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"${g.resource(dir: 'folder', file: 'file.js')}\"></script>"
out <<  element.toString()


Wont work:


def element = '<script type="text/javascript" src="${g.resource(dir: "folder", file: "file.js")}"></script>'
out <<  element.toString()


And by "wont work" the groovy expressions in the GString will not be evaluated, they will be delivered literally. Note the double quotes beginning and ending the GString in the first example.

I knew this. Yet I was dissecting why my unit test was failing for over an hour. Turns out junit can't detect silly human error! Since I re-learnt this lesson, I thought I would share it with you, blogosphere!