Setting up quick log4j for testing

Just put the following code on top of your code:


BasicConfigurator.configure();
log.setLevel(Level.DEBUG);


log.debug not working in grails unit test

Use the following method call to enable debug level messages to be printed.

mockLogging(grails_artifact_class, true)

where, grails_artifact_class is domain/controller/service class.

Exception while starting grails from STS

Problem: Getting java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.tools.native2ascii.Main while starting grails application from STS.

Solution: Go to build path. Change your default system JRE to JDK. You are good!