# Gaelyk 1.2 is out!

> Gaelyk 1.2 is out, boosting App Engine development with faster pre-compilation, @Entity transform, and powerful new binary plugins.

Author: [Guillaume Laforge](https://glaforge.dev/) | Published: 2012-05-30 | Topics: gaelyk, groovy | Canonical: https://glaforge.dev/posts/2012/05/30/gaelyk-1-2-is-out/


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I'm very pleased to announce the release of [Gaelyk 1.2](http://gaelyk.appspot.com)!  
  
For the impatient, you'll be able to find the new JAR and Template Project here, as well as the changelog: [http://gaelyk.appspot.com/download](http://gaelyk.appspot.com/download)  
  
You'll notice that the new template project uses Twitter Bootstrap now, to make it a bit fancier and nicer on the eye!  

![](/img/misc/gaelyk+template+bootstrap.png)  

We also upgraded to the latest and greatest of Groovy and App Engine's SDK.  
  
In terms of new features, I'd like to particularly highlight:  

*   the gradle gaelyk plugin offers [pre-compilation of groovlets and templates](https://github.com/bmuschko/gradle-gaelyk-plugin#tasks) for faster startup times
*   the [integration of the search service](http://gaelyk.appspot.com/tutorial/app-engine-shortcuts#search) with some nice syntax sugar for simplifying its usage
*   the [binary plugins](http://gaelyk.appspot.com/tutorial/plugins#binaryplugins) feature
*   the [`@Entity` transform](http://gaelyk.appspot.com/tutorial/app-engine-shortcuts#pogo-entity-coercion-annotations) to add datastore CRUD operations to your Groovy classes
*   the new [`geo` variables](http://gaelyk.appspot.com/tutorial/views-and-controllers#lazy) in the binding to know where your users are coming from
*   and a few other improvements and fixes

Thanks a lot to the Gaelyk committers, and in particular to Vladimir who helped me a lot on the finish line of this release!  
  
Have fun with Gaelyk!  

And we're looking forward to hearing about your feedback and experience with this new release.