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Groovy in Action
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"... a clear and detailed exposition of what is groovy about Groovy.
I’m glad to have it on my bookshelf."
--From the Foreword by James Gosling
"Excellent code samples ... very readable."
--Scott Shaw, ThoughtWorks
"Top of my list."
--Samuel Pullara, VP Technology Strategy, Yahoo, Inc.
"Collects in one place details of the language and its libraries--a
valuable resource."
--John Wilson, The Wilson Partnership
"Great, logical focus on language features."
--Norman Richards, JBoss Developer, author of XDoclet in Action
"Destined to be the definitive guide. First rate!"
--Glen Smith, Bytecode Pty Ltd
"You want to learn Groovy? This book has all you need."
--Stuart Caborn, ThoughtWorks
Groovy, the brand-new language for the Java platform, brings to Java many of
the features that have made Ruby popular. Groovy in Action is a comprehensive
guide to Groovy programming, introducing Java developers to the new dynamic
features that Groovy provides. To bring you Groovy in Action, Manning
again went to the source by working with a team of expert authors including
both members and the manager of the Groovy Project team. The result is the true
definitive guide to the new Groovy language.
Groovy in Action introduces Groovy by example, presenting lots of reusable
code while explaining the underlying concepts. Java developers new to Groovy
find a smooth transition into the dynamic programming world. Groovy experts
gain a solid reference that challenges them to explore Groovy deeply and creatively.
Because Groovy is so new, most readers will be learning it from scratch. Groovy
in Action quickly moves through the Groovy basics, including:
- Simple and collective Groovy data types
- Working with closures and Groovy control structures
- Dynamic Object Orientation, Groovy style
Readers are presented with rich and detailed examples illustrating Groovy's
enhancements to Java, including
- How to work with builders and the GDK
- Database programming with Groovy
Groovy in Action then demonstrates how to Integrate Groovy with XML,
and provides,
- Tips and Tricks
- Unit testing and build support
- Groovy on Windows
An additional bonus is a chapter dedicated to Grails, the Groovy web application
framework.
WHAT'S INSIDE:
- A comprehensive Groovy language tutorial
- Explore the benefits of dynamic programming
- Tackle day-to-day tasks like shell scripting and build support
- Grails, the Groovy web development framework
- Dozens of reusable examples
About the Authors
Dierk Koenig is a senior software developer, mentor and coach.
He publishes in leading German magazines on software development and speaks
at international conferences. He works at Canoo Engineering AG, Basel, Switzerland,
where he is the founding partner and member of the executive board. He joined
the Groovy project in 2004 working as a committer ever since.
Andrew Glover is the President of Stelligent Incorporated
which helps companies address software quality with effective developer testing
strategies and continuous integration techniques that enable teams to monitor
code quality early and often. He actively blogs about software quality at thediscoblog.com
and testearly.com.
Dr Paul King is Managing Director and Principal Consultant
for ASERT, an Australian company specialising in helping its customers leverage
emerging technologies. He has provided technical and strategic consulting to
hundreds of organizations throughout the U.S. and Asia Pacific and is an active
contributor to many open source projects. When not being a taxi service for
his seven children, you will find Paul tinkering with the latest Agile or enterprise
technologies.
As the official Groovy Project Manager and member of the JSR-241 Expert Group
standardizing the Groovy Scripting Language, Guillaume Laforge
is a passionate Groovy developer. In his professional career, Guillaume is a
software architect and Open Source consultant, working for OCTO Technology,
a company focusing on architecture of software and information systems
Jon Skeet is a software engineer and inveterate technological
dabbler who happens to specialise in Java and C# development. A recent convert
to Groovy, Jon is fanatical about using smarter ways to write cleaner, more
readable code.
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