diff --git a/conf/guides.yml b/conf/guides.yml
index 94d905d3d51..bb4c017a283 100644
--- a/conf/guides.yml
+++ b/conf/guides.yml
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ guides:
     subtitle: 'Learn how to create your first Grails app'
     authors:
       - 'Zachary Klein'
+      - 'Sanjana'
     category: 'Grails Apprentice'
     publicationDate: '2017-01-23'
     versions:
@@ -687,7 +688,53 @@ guides:
           deployment:
             title: Deploying your App
           helpWithGrails:
-            title: Do you need help with Grails?  
+            title: Do you need help with Grails?
+      '8':
+        sourcePath: guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8
+        publicationDate: '2026-08-05'
+        tags:
+          - 'beginner'
+          - 'domain-classes'
+          - 'controllers'
+          - 'services'
+          - 'gsp'
+          - 'unit-tests'
+          - 'integration-tests'
+          - 'scaffolding'
+          - 'asset-pipeline'
+          - 'url-mappings'
+          - 'getting-started'
+          - 'crud'
+        sampleRef:
+          repo: 'grails-guides/creating-your-first-grails-app'
+          branch: 'grails8'
+        toc:
+          introduction:
+            title: Introduction
+          requirements:
+            title: What you will need
+          gettingStarted:
+            title: Getting Started
+          creatingTheApp:
+            title: Creating the app
+          runningTheApp:
+            title: Running the app
+          domainClasses:
+            title: Domain classes
+          controllers:
+            title: Controllers and scaffolding
+          views:
+            title: GSP views
+          assetPipeline:
+            title: Asset Pipeline
+          services:
+            title: Services
+          testing:
+            title: Testing
+          summary:
+            title: Summary
+          helpWithGrails:
+            title: Do you need help with Grails?
 
   - name: 'database-per-tenant'
     title: 'Database per Tenant Multi-Tenancy'
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/assetPipeline.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/assetPipeline.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b206631e0ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/assetPipeline.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+The web starter ships with the Asset Pipeline plugin (`cloud.wondrify:asset-pipeline-grails`). It manages CSS, JavaScript, and images under `grails-app/assets/` and exposes them with `<asset:*>` tags.
+
+Common tags:
+
+[source,xml]
+----
+<asset:javascript src="application.js"/>
+<asset:stylesheet src="application.css"/>
+<asset:image src="grails.svg" alt="Grails Logo"/>
+----
+
+Convention:
+
+* `grails-app/assets/javascripts` for JS
+* `grails-app/assets/stylesheets` for CSS
+* `grails-app/assets/images` for images
+
+The default layout already wires the manifests:
+
+[source,gsp]
+.grails-app/views/layouts/main.gsp
+----
+<head>
+    ...
+    <asset:link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-ico"/>
+    <asset:stylesheet src="application.css"/>
+    ...
+</head>
+<body>
+    ...
+    <asset:image src="grails.svg" alt="Grails Logo"/>
+    ...
+    <asset:javascript src="application.js"/>
+</body>
+----
+
+`application.css` and `application.js` are manifest files. In Grails 8 they pull Bootstrap and jQuery from WebJars:
+
+[source,css]
+.grails-app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/assets/stylesheets/application.css[]
+----
+
+[source,javascript]
+.grails-app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/assets/javascripts/application.js[]
+----
+
+To add your own script, create `grails-app/assets/javascripts/site.js` and require it from the manifest:
+
+[source,javascript]
+.grails-app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+----
+//= require webjars/jquery/%/dist/jquery.js
+//= require webjars/bootstrap/%/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.js
+//= require site
+//= require_self
+----
+
+[source,javascript]
+.grails-app/assets/javascripts/site.js
+----
+console.log('site.js loaded')
+----
+
+Reload http://localhost:8080/ and check the browser console. The same pattern works for CSS: add a file under `stylesheets/` and `*= require` it from `application.css`.
+
+At build time Asset Pipeline concatenates and can minify these assets for production.
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/controllers.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/controllers.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0548de79341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/controllers.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Map the root URL to a home controller and use scaffolding for Make / Model CRUD.
+
+Point `/` at `HomeController`:
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/controllers/example/UrlMappings.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/UrlMappings.groovy[]
+----
+
+`HomeController` lists vehicles and lets the visitor update a session name:
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/controllers/example/HomeController.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/HomeController.groovy[]
+----
+
+For `Make` and `Model`, Grails 8 scaffolding is annotation-based:
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/controllers/example/MakeController.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/MakeController.groovy[]
+----
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/controllers/example/ModelController.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/ModelController.groovy[]
+----
+
+`VehicleController` is a hand-written CRUD controller. The `show` action adds an estimated value from `ValueEstimateService`:
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/controllers/example/VehicleController.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/VehicleController.groovy[]
+----
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/creatingTheApp.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/creatingTheApp.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dddde44944d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/creatingTheApp.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+You can recreate `initial/` yourself with the Grails Application Forge:
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+curl -O https://start.grails.org/creating-your-first-grails-app.zip \
+  -d version=8.0.0-SNAPSHOT \
+  -d profile=web \
+  -d features=gsp,hibernate5,scaffolding,geb,h2
+unzip creating-your-first-grails-app.zip
+----
+
+Or use the https://start.grails.org[web UI], choose Grails 8, the `web` profile, and the features you need, then download the zip.
+
+This guide uses the cloned `initial/` / `complete/` trees so paths and package names (`example`) stay consistent with the sample.
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/domainClasses.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/domainClasses.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bbd75e86f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/domainClasses.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Model a simple vehicle inventory with three domain classes under `grails-app/domain/example/`.
+
+`Make` is a plain name:
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/domain/example/Make.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/domain/example/Make.groovy[]
+----
+
+`Model` belongs to a `Make`:
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/domain/example/Model.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/domain/example/Model.groovy[]
+----
+
+`Vehicle` ties name, year, make, and model together:
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/domain/example/Vehicle.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/domain/example/Vehicle.groovy[]
+----
+
+GORM maps these classes to tables automatically when you run the app against H2 (the starter default).
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/gettingStarted.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/gettingStarted.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21a2d22bae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/gettingStarted.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Clone the repository and verify the starter project:
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+git clone -b grails8 https://github.com/grails-guides/creating-your-first-grails-app.git
+cd creating-your-first-grails-app/initial
+./gradlew test
+----
+
+The `initial/` project is a Grails 8 web starter from https://start.grails.org[start.grails.org] (`web` profile, GSP, H2, scaffolding, Spock, Geb). It has no domain model yet.
+
+To skip ahead, `cd ../complete` and run the same commands; that tree contains the finished Make / Model / Vehicle sample.
+
+Both `initial` and `complete` must pass in CI (see `.github/workflows/grails8.yml`).
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/helpWithGrails.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/helpWithGrails.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e062f614b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/helpWithGrails.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include::{commondir}/common-helpWithGrails.adoc[]
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/introduction.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/introduction.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e7cff15b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/introduction.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Build a first Apache Grails 8 web application: domain classes, controllers, GSP views, Asset Pipeline, GORM data services, scaffolding, and Spock tests.
+
+This guide follows the standard Grails guides layout: work in the `initial/` project and compare your progress with `complete/`.
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/requirements.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/requirements.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21ac3ef4b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/requirements.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+* Approximately 60 minutes
+* JDK 21 (Apache Grails 8 requires Java 21)
+* A text editor or IDE
+* The Gradle wrapper bundled in `initial/` and `complete/` (no separate Grails SDK install required)
+* Docker, if you want to run Geb integration tests (`./gradlew integrationTest`)
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/runningTheApp.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/runningTheApp.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..909299c8609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/runningTheApp.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+From `complete/` (or your working copy of `initial/` once you have added the domain model):
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+./gradlew bootRun
+----
+
+Open http://localhost:8080/[http://localhost:8080/]. You should see the home page with seeded vehicles. Try `/vehicle/index`, `/make/index`, and `/model/index` as well.
+
+The default server port is `8080`. To change it, set `server.port` in `grails-app/conf/application.yml` or pass `-Dserver.port=8090` to Gradle.
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/services.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/services.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15d3d5214bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/services.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Prefer GORM data services for persistence and a small transactional service for domain logic.
+
+Data services seed `BootStrap` without writing repository boilerplate:
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/services/example/MakeService.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/services/example/MakeService.groovy[]
+----
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/services/example/ModelService.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/services/example/ModelService.groovy[]
+----
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/services/example/VehicleService.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/services/example/VehicleService.groovy[]
+----
+
+`BootStrap` uses those services to insert sample rows on startup:
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/init/example/BootStrap.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/init/example/BootStrap.groovy[]
+----
+
+`ValueEstimateService` is a regular Grails service used by `VehicleController.show`:
+
+[source,groovy]
+.grails-app/services/example/ValueEstimateService.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/services/example/ValueEstimateService.groovy[]
+----
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/summary.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/summary.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b692095d0b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/summary.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+You built a first Grails 8 web app:
+
+* Domain classes for `Make`, `Model`, and `Vehicle`
+* Annotation scaffolding for Make / Model and a custom `VehicleController`
+* GSP views with Fields tags and a home page that lists seeded vehicles
+* Asset Pipeline manifests for CSS, JavaScript, and images (including WebJars)
+* GORM data services plus `ValueEstimateService`
+* Spock unit tests and a Geb integration spec
+
+Next steps: add validation messages, secure the CRUD actions, or swap H2 for PostgreSQL in production.
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/testing.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/testing.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe79c6236f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/testing.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Unit-test the estimate service with Spock and the Grails testing mixins:
+
+[source,groovy]
+.src/test/groovy/example/ValueEstimateServiceSpec.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/src/test/groovy/example/ValueEstimateServiceSpec.groovy[]
+----
+
+Run unit tests:
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+./gradlew test
+----
+
+Geb integration tests use Testcontainers (`ContainerGebSpec`). Docker must be running:
+
+[source,groovy]
+.src/integration-test/groovy/example/HomePageSpec.groovy
+----
+include::../snippets/src/integration-test/groovy/example/HomePageSpec.groovy[]
+----
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+./gradlew integrationTest
+----
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/views.adoc b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/views.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aedb03da558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/guide/views.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+GSPs under `grails-app/views/` render the HTML. The home page uses `<g:each>` and `<g:link>`:
+
+[source,gsp]
+.grails-app/views/home/index.gsp
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/views/home/index.gsp[]
+----
+
+Vehicle list and form pages use the Fields plugin tags (`<f:table>`, `<f:all>`, `<f:display>`). The list view:
+
+[source,gsp]
+.grails-app/views/vehicle/index.gsp
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/index.gsp[]
+----
+
+The show page displays the estimated value next to the vehicle:
+
+[source,gsp]
+.grails-app/views/vehicle/show.gsp
+----
+include::../snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/show.gsp[]
+----
+
+Create and edit forms live in `create.gsp` and `edit.gsp` and call `<f:all bean="vehicle"/>`.
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/assets/javascripts/application.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b4a4c4ee7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// This is a manifest file that'll be compiled into application.js.
+//
+// Any JavaScript file within this directory can be referenced here using a relative path.
+//
+// You're free to add application-wide JavaScript to this file, but it's generally better
+// to create separate JavaScript files as needed.
+//
+//= require webjars/jquery/%/dist/jquery.js
+//= require webjars/bootstrap/%/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.js
+//= require_self
+
+if (typeof jQuery !== 'undefined') {
+    (function($) {
+        $('#spinner').ajaxStart(function() {
+            $(this).fadeIn();
+        }).ajaxStop(function() {
+            $(this).fadeOut();
+        });
+    })(jQuery);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf27a3f53da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+* This is a manifest file that'll be compiled into application.css, which will include all the files
+* listed below.
+*
+* Any CSS file within this directory can be referenced here using a relative path.
+*
+* You're free to add application-wide styles to this file and they'll appear at the top of the
+* compiled file, but it's generally better to create a new file per style scope.
+*
+*= require webjars/bootstrap/%/dist/css/bootstrap.css
+*= require webjars/bootstrap-icons/%/font/bootstrap-icons.css
+*= require grails.css
+*= require_self
+*/
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/HomeController.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/HomeController.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40601ef7823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/HomeController.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package example
+
+import grails.gorm.transactions.ReadOnly
+
+class HomeController {
+
+    @ReadOnly
+    def index() {
+        respond([
+            name: session.name ?: 'User',
+            vehicleList: Vehicle.list(),
+            vehicleTotal: Vehicle.count()
+        ])
+    }
+
+    def updateName(String name) {
+        session.name = name
+        flash.message = 'Name has been updated'
+        redirect action: 'index'
+    }
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/MakeController.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/MakeController.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7963dc8529e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/MakeController.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package example
+
+import grails.plugin.scaffolding.annotation.Scaffold
+
+@Scaffold(Make)
+class MakeController {
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/ModelController.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/ModelController.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b113b1ea4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/ModelController.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package example
+
+import grails.plugin.scaffolding.annotation.Scaffold
+
+@Scaffold(Model)
+class ModelController {
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/UrlMappings.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/UrlMappings.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..473a70389cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/UrlMappings.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package example
+
+class UrlMappings {
+
+    static mappings = {
+        "/$namespace/$controller/$action?/$id?(.$format)?" {}
+        "/$controller/$action?/$id?(.$format)?" {
+            constraints {
+                // apply constraints here
+            }
+        }
+
+        '/'(controller: 'home')
+        '500'(view: '/error')
+        '404'(view: '/notFound')
+    }
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/VehicleController.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/VehicleController.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8869d760e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/controllers/example/VehicleController.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+package example
+
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.CREATED
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.OK
+
+import grails.gorm.transactions.ReadOnly
+import grails.gorm.transactions.Transactional
+
+@ReadOnly
+class VehicleController {
+
+    static allowedMethods = [save: 'POST', update: 'PUT', delete: 'DELETE']
+
+    ValueEstimateService valueEstimateService
+
+    def index(Integer max) {
+        params.max = Math.min(max ?: 10, 100)
+        respond Vehicle.list(params), model: [vehicleCount: Vehicle.count()]
+    }
+
+    def show(Vehicle vehicle) {
+        respond vehicle, model: [estimatedValue: valueEstimateService.getEstimate(vehicle)]
+    }
+
+    def create() {
+        respond new Vehicle(params)
+    }
+
+    @Transactional
+    def save(Vehicle vehicle) {
+        if (vehicle == null) {
+            notFound()
+            return
+        }
+
+        if (vehicle.hasErrors()) {
+            transactionStatus.setRollbackOnly()
+            respond vehicle.errors, view: 'create'
+            return
+        }
+
+        vehicle.save flush: true
+
+        request.withFormat {
+            form multipartForm {
+                flash.message = message(
+                    code: 'default.created.message',
+                    args: [message(code: 'vehicle.label', default: 'Vehicle'), vehicle.id]
+                )
+                redirect vehicle
+            }
+            '*' { respond vehicle, [status: CREATED] }
+        }
+    }
+
+    def edit(Vehicle vehicle) {
+        respond vehicle
+    }
+
+    @Transactional
+    def update(Vehicle vehicle) {
+        if (vehicle == null) {
+            notFound()
+            return
+        }
+
+        if (vehicle.hasErrors()) {
+            transactionStatus.setRollbackOnly()
+            respond vehicle.errors, view: 'edit'
+            return
+        }
+
+        vehicle.save flush: true
+
+        request.withFormat {
+            form multipartForm {
+                flash.message = message(
+                    code: 'default.updated.message',
+                    args: [message(code: 'vehicle.label', default: 'Vehicle'), vehicle.id]
+                )
+                redirect vehicle
+            }
+            '*' { respond vehicle, [status: OK] }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Transactional
+    def delete(Vehicle vehicle) {
+        if (vehicle == null) {
+            notFound()
+            return
+        }
+
+        vehicle.delete flush: true
+
+        request.withFormat {
+            form multipartForm {
+                flash.message = message(
+                    code: 'default.deleted.message',
+                    args: [message(code: 'vehicle.label', default: 'Vehicle'), vehicle.id]
+                )
+                redirect action: 'index', method: 'GET'
+            }
+            '*' { render status: NO_CONTENT }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void notFound() {
+        request.withFormat {
+            form multipartForm {
+                flash.message = message(
+                    code: 'default.not.found.message',
+                    args: [message(code: 'vehicle.label', default: 'Vehicle'), params.id]
+                )
+                redirect action: 'index', method: 'GET'
+            }
+            '*' { render status: NOT_FOUND }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/domain/example/Make.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/domain/example/Make.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5e55fcc8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/domain/example/Make.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package example
+
+class Make {
+
+    String name
+
+    static constraints = {
+        name blank: false, maxSize: 255
+    }
+
+    String toString() {
+        name
+    }
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/domain/example/Model.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/domain/example/Model.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..864e6efaa7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/domain/example/Model.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package example
+
+class Model {
+
+    String name
+
+    static belongsTo = [make: Make]
+
+    static constraints = {
+        name blank: false, maxSize: 255
+    }
+
+    String toString() {
+        name
+    }
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/domain/example/Vehicle.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/domain/example/Vehicle.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f7e1cbba29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/domain/example/Vehicle.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package example
+
+class Vehicle {
+
+    String name
+    Integer year
+    Make make
+    Model model
+
+    static constraints = {
+        name blank: false, maxSize: 255
+        year min: 1900
+    }
+
+    String toString() {
+        name
+    }
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/init/example/BootStrap.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/init/example/BootStrap.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..889304d5c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/init/example/BootStrap.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package example
+
+import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
+
+@CompileStatic
+class BootStrap {
+
+    MakeService makeService
+    ModelService modelService
+    VehicleService vehicleService
+
+    def init = {
+        Make nissan = makeService.save('Nissan')
+        Make ford = makeService.save('Ford')
+
+        Model titan = modelService.save('Titan', nissan)
+        Model leaf = modelService.save('Leaf', nissan)
+        Model windstar = modelService.save('Windstar', ford)
+
+        vehicleService.save('Pickup', nissan, titan, 2012)
+        vehicleService.save('Economy', nissan, leaf, 2014)
+        vehicleService.save('Minivan', ford, windstar, 1990)
+    }
+
+    def destroy = {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/services/example/MakeService.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/services/example/MakeService.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77eda147b60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/services/example/MakeService.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package example
+
+import grails.gorm.services.Service
+
+@Service(Make)
+interface MakeService {
+    Make save(String name)
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/services/example/ModelService.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/services/example/ModelService.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b32fb7966ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/services/example/ModelService.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package example
+
+import grails.gorm.services.Service
+
+@Service(Model)
+interface ModelService {
+    Model save(String name, Make make)
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/services/example/ValueEstimateService.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/services/example/ValueEstimateService.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69c4c06da84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/services/example/ValueEstimateService.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package example
+
+import grails.gorm.transactions.Transactional
+
+@Transactional
+class ValueEstimateService {
+
+    def getEstimate(Vehicle vehicle) {
+        // Placeholder — real apps would call a valuation API here
+        Math.round(vehicle.name.size() + vehicle.model.name.size() * vehicle.year) * 2
+    }
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/services/example/VehicleService.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/services/example/VehicleService.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d670a608972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/services/example/VehicleService.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package example
+
+import grails.gorm.services.Service
+
+@Service(Vehicle)
+interface VehicleService {
+    Vehicle save(String name, Make make, Model model, Integer year)
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/home/index.gsp b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/home/index.gsp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e228f4226b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/home/index.gsp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+    <meta name="layout" content="main"/>
+    <title>Home Page</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<div id="content" role="main">
+    <section class="row colset-2-its">
+        <h1>Welcome ${name}!</h1>
+
+        <g:if test="${flash.message}">
+            <div class="message" role="status">${flash.message}</div>
+        </g:if>
+
+        <p>There are ${vehicleTotal} vehicles in the database.</p>
+
+        <ul>
+            <g:each in="${vehicleList}" var="vehicle">
+                <li>
+                    <g:link controller="vehicle" action="show" id="${vehicle.id}">
+                        ${vehicle.name} - ${vehicle.year} ${vehicle.make.name} ${vehicle.model.name}
+                    </g:link>
+                </li>
+            </g:each>
+        </ul>
+
+        <g:form action="updateName" style="margin: 0 auto; width: 320px">
+            <g:textField name="name" value="" placeholder="${name}"/>
+            <g:submitButton name="Update name"/>
+        </g:form>
+    </section>
+</div>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/create.gsp b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/create.gsp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5210162f270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/create.gsp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <meta name="layout" content="main"/>
+        <g:set var="entityName" value="${message(code: 'vehicle.label', default: 'Vehicle')}"/>
+        <title><g:message code="default.create.label" args="[entityName]"/></title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <a href="#create-vehicle" class="skip" tabindex="-1">
+            <g:message code="default.link.skip.label" default="Skip to content&hellip;"/>
+        </a>
+        <div class="nav" role="navigation">
+            <ul>
+                <li><a class="home" href="${createLink(uri: '/')}"><g:message code="default.home.label"/></a></li>
+                <li><g:link class="list" action="index"><g:message code="default.list.label" args="[entityName]"/></g:link></li>
+            </ul>
+        </div>
+        <div id="create-vehicle" class="content scaffold-create" role="main">
+            <h1><g:message code="default.create.label" args="[entityName]"/></h1>
+            <g:if test="${flash.message}">
+                <div class="message" role="status">${flash.message}</div>
+            </g:if>
+            <g:hasErrors bean="${this.vehicle}">
+                <ul class="errors" role="alert">
+                    <g:eachError bean="${this.vehicle}" var="error">
+                        <li <g:if test="${error in org.springframework.validation.FieldError}">data-field-id="${error.field}"</g:if>>
+                            <g:message error="${error}"/>
+                        </li>
+                    </g:eachError>
+                </ul>
+            </g:hasErrors>
+            <g:form action="save">
+                <fieldset class="form">
+                    <f:all bean="vehicle"/>
+                </fieldset>
+                <fieldset class="buttons">
+                    <g:submitButton name="create" class="save"
+                                    value="${message(code: 'default.button.create.label', default: 'Create')}"/>
+                </fieldset>
+            </g:form>
+        </div>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/edit.gsp b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/edit.gsp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9c86a094fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/edit.gsp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <meta name="layout" content="main"/>
+        <g:set var="entityName" value="${message(code: 'vehicle.label', default: 'Vehicle')}"/>
+        <title><g:message code="default.edit.label" args="[entityName]"/></title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <a href="#edit-vehicle" class="skip" tabindex="-1">
+            <g:message code="default.link.skip.label" default="Skip to content&hellip;"/>
+        </a>
+        <div class="nav" role="navigation">
+            <ul>
+                <li><a class="home" href="${createLink(uri: '/')}"><g:message code="default.home.label"/></a></li>
+                <li><g:link class="list" action="index"><g:message code="default.list.label" args="[entityName]"/></g:link></li>
+                <li><g:link class="create" action="create"><g:message code="default.new.label" args="[entityName]"/></g:link></li>
+            </ul>
+        </div>
+        <div id="edit-vehicle" class="content scaffold-edit" role="main">
+            <h1><g:message code="default.edit.label" args="[entityName]"/></h1>
+            <g:if test="${flash.message}">
+                <div class="message" role="status">${flash.message}</div>
+            </g:if>
+            <g:hasErrors bean="${this.vehicle}">
+                <ul class="errors" role="alert">
+                    <g:eachError bean="${this.vehicle}" var="error">
+                        <li <g:if test="${error in org.springframework.validation.FieldError}">data-field-id="${error.field}"</g:if>>
+                            <g:message error="${error}"/>
+                        </li>
+                    </g:eachError>
+                </ul>
+            </g:hasErrors>
+            <g:form resource="${this.vehicle}" method="PUT">
+                <g:hiddenField name="version" value="${this.vehicle?.version}"/>
+                <fieldset class="form">
+                    <f:all bean="vehicle"/>
+                </fieldset>
+                <fieldset class="buttons">
+                    <input class="save" type="submit"
+                           value="${message(code: 'default.button.update.label', default: 'Update')}"/>
+                </fieldset>
+            </g:form>
+        </div>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/index.gsp b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/index.gsp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ff2004c9ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/index.gsp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <meta name="layout" content="main"/>
+        <g:set var="entityName" value="${message(code: 'vehicle.label', default: 'Vehicle')}"/>
+        <title><g:message code="default.list.label" args="[entityName]"/></title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <a href="#list-vehicle" class="skip" tabindex="-1">
+            <g:message code="default.link.skip.label" default="Skip to content&hellip;"/>
+        </a>
+        <div class="nav" role="navigation">
+            <ul>
+                <li><a class="home" href="${createLink(uri: '/')}"><g:message code="default.home.label"/></a></li>
+                <li><g:link class="create" action="create"><g:message code="default.new.label" args="[entityName]"/></g:link></li>
+            </ul>
+        </div>
+        <div id="list-vehicle" class="content scaffold-list" role="main">
+            <h1><g:message code="default.list.label" args="[entityName]"/></h1>
+            <g:if test="${flash.message}">
+                <div class="message" role="status">${flash.message}</div>
+            </g:if>
+            <f:table collection="${vehicleList}"/>
+            <div class="pagination">
+                <g:paginate total="${vehicleCount ?: 0}"/>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/show.gsp b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/show.gsp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fdfbaa3156c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/grails-app/views/vehicle/show.gsp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <meta name="layout" content="main"/>
+        <g:set var="entityName" value="${message(code: 'vehicle.label', default: 'Vehicle')}"/>
+        <title><g:message code="default.show.label" args="[entityName]"/></title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <a href="#show-vehicle" class="skip" tabindex="-1">
+            <g:message code="default.link.skip.label" default="Skip to content&hellip;"/>
+        </a>
+        <div class="nav" role="navigation">
+            <ul>
+                <li><a class="home" href="${createLink(uri: '/')}"><g:message code="default.home.label"/></a></li>
+                <li><g:link class="list" action="index"><g:message code="default.list.label" args="[entityName]"/></g:link></li>
+                <li><g:link class="create" action="create"><g:message code="default.new.label" args="[entityName]"/></g:link></li>
+            </ul>
+        </div>
+        <div id="show-vehicle" class="content scaffold-show" role="main">
+            <h1><g:message code="default.show.label" args="[entityName]"/></h1>
+            <h1>
+                Estimated Value:
+                <g:formatNumber number="${estimatedValue}" type="currency" currencyCode="USD"/>
+            </h1>
+            <g:if test="${flash.message}">
+                <div class="message" role="status">${flash.message}</div>
+            </g:if>
+            <f:display bean="vehicle"/>
+            <g:form resource="${this.vehicle}" method="DELETE">
+                <fieldset class="buttons">
+                    <g:link class="edit" action="edit" resource="${this.vehicle}">
+                        <g:message code="default.button.edit.label" default="Edit"/>
+                    </g:link>
+                    <input class="delete" type="submit"
+                           value="${message(code: 'default.button.delete.label', default: 'Delete')}"
+                           onclick="return confirm('${message(code: 'default.button.delete.confirm.message', default: 'Are you sure?')}');"/>
+                </fieldset>
+            </g:form>
+        </div>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/src/integration-test/groovy/example/HomePageSpec.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/src/integration-test/groovy/example/HomePageSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1da7babdb88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/src/integration-test/groovy/example/HomePageSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package example
+
+import grails.plugin.geb.ContainerGebSpec
+import grails.testing.mixin.integration.Integration
+
+@Integration
+class HomePageSpec extends ContainerGebSpec {
+
+    void 'home page lists seeded vehicles'() {
+        when:
+        go '/'
+
+        then:
+        title == 'Home Page'
+        $('h1').text().contains('Welcome')
+        $('li a', text: contains('Pickup')).size() == 1
+    }
+}
diff --git a/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/src/test/groovy/example/ValueEstimateServiceSpec.groovy b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/src/test/groovy/example/ValueEstimateServiceSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb465625e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guides/creating-your-first-grails-app/v8/snippets/src/test/groovy/example/ValueEstimateServiceSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package example
+
+import grails.testing.gorm.DataTest
+import grails.testing.services.ServiceUnitTest
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+class ValueEstimateServiceSpec extends Specification
+        implements ServiceUnitTest<ValueEstimateService>, DataTest {
+
+    void setupSpec() {
+        mockDomains Make, Model, Vehicle
+    }
+
+    void 'estimate is a sensible positive number'() {
+        given:
+        def make = new Make(name: 'Test')
+        def model = new Model(name: 'Test', make: make)
+        def vehicle = new Vehicle(year: 2000, make: make, model: model, name: 'Test Vehicle')
+
+        when:
+        def estimate = service.getEstimate(vehicle)
+
+        then:
+        estimate > 0
+        estimate < 1_000_000
+    }
+}
