Smacking up a Groovy demo in less than 10 seconds

Write mvn groovy:console , and you will get a console where you can execute Java/Groovy code by typing ctrl+enter/+enter.

If I were to learn a new language, or Java from scratch again in the University, This way of packaging would make a HUGE difference!

What next?

The sweet spot for using Groovy is

• Familiarity to Java developers. Paste in your favorite Java code, and it will compile


• Java classes are imported and used as normal


• Strings, Files and many other standard classes have been extended with often-used functionality


• Handling stuff on the file system - copying, deleting aso


• Parsing XML in a nice DSL


• Simple SQL/JDBC


• Binding together a Java application

Resources

• Groovy online Documentation


• Groovy In Action - Teh Bible


• Simple introductionary video from JavaZone


• Advanced usage of Groovy video from JavaZone