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A domain class can be created with the link:{commandLineRef}create-domain-class.html[create-domain-class] command:

[source,groovy]
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grails create-domain-class myapp.Person
----

NOTE: If no package is specified with the create-domain-class script, Grails automatically uses the application name as the package name.

This will create a class at the location `grails-app/domain/myapp/Person.groovy` such as the one below:

[source,groovy]
----
package myapp

class Person {
}
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NOTE: If you have the `dbCreate` property set to "update", "create" or "create-drop" on your link:conf.html#dataSource[DataSource], Grails will automatically generate/modify the database tables for you.

You can customize the class by adding properties:

[source,groovy]
----
class Person {
    String name
    Integer age
    Date lastVisit
}
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Once you have a domain class try and manipulate it with the link:{commandLineRef}shell.html[shell] or link:{commandLineRef}console.html[console] by typing:

[source,groovy]
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grails console
----

This loads an interactive GUI where you can run Groovy commands with access to the Spring ApplicationContext, GORM, etc.
