virtualdogbert
04/19/2020, 12:15 PMhow big your codebase is * how many bad practices you follow + converting from gant to gradle. Upgrading from Grails 3 to 4 is a lot easier, however upgrading from Grails 2 to 4, would incur all that code debt.
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk01KEwQahJXmudygSX9E0PpKpVeeaQ%3A1587298127894&ei=Tz-cXriYNqivytMPvrea6Ac&q=upgrading+grails+2+to+3&oq=upgrading+grails+2+to+3&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIECAAQRzIECAAQRzIECAAQRzIECAAQRzIECAAQRzIECAAQRzIECAAQRzIECAAQR1AAWABgnKwCaABwAngAgAEAiAEAkgEAmAEAqgEHZ3dzLXdpeg&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwj4-8KouvToAhWol3IEHb6bBn0Q4dUDCAw&uact=5
https://docs.grails.org/3.0.0/guide/upgrading.html
https://docs.grails.org/3.3.0/guide/upgrading.html
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk02r5MJbneTvdfl9xzoU69nnOiuQSw%3A1587298167074&ei=dz-cXoSPBLKHytMPg5qF0A8&q=upgrade+to+grails+4&oq=upgrading+grails+2+to+3&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAxgBMgQIABBHMgQIABBHMgQIABBHMgQIABBHMgQIABBHMgQIABBHMgQIABBHMgQIABBHUABYAGCXnwJoAHACeACAAQCIAQCSAQCYAQCqAQdnd3Mtd2l6&sclient=psy-ab
https://docs.grails.org/snapshot/guide/upgrading.html
https://dev.to/erichelgeson/grails-4-upgrade-notes-3cja
I've upgraded two apps from 2.4/2.5 to Grails 3.0.11/3.3.11. Both times it took quite a bit of effort and a lot of QA cycles. Uprading from Grails 3.3.11 to 4 on the other hand was fairly easy, and only slightly complicated by some legacy code.
If you are not up to doing the upgrade, you might want to contract OCI to get help.
I would also ditch GGTS at this point as it hasn't been supported in years, and Intellij even with its faults is the best IDE for Grails Development.