(Quick Reference) ## console ### Purpose Starts an instance of the Swing graphical Groovy console with an initialized Grails runtime. ### Examples
    grails console
### Description Starts the Grails console, which is an extended version of the regular Groovy console. There are a couple of useful variables registered in the binding: `ctx` - The Spring ApplicationContext instance `grailsApplication` - The GrailsApplication instance These are useful as they allow access to the conventions within Grails and Spring beans. Usage:
    grails <<environment>>* console
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