OpenXava is a framework for Rapid Development of Liferay applications, well-suited for business and database oriented applications.
OpenXava allows you develop applications just by writing simple domain classes with Java or Groovy. The user interface is generated automatically in runtime, without code generation.

OpenXava 4.8 has some new interesting features such as:

• Nested actions in a drop-down menu in the button bar, by means of subcontrollers.
• Many new improvements in 'My reports'.
• Improvements in list mode.

And many other useful new features and bug fixes.

Read the complete announcement in OpenXava site:
http://www.openxava.org/web/guest/blog/openxava-4.8-released