Learning Groovy

by Adam L. Davis

Start building powerful apps that take advantage of the dynamic scripting capabilities of the Groovy language. This book covers Groovy fundamentals, such as installing Groovy, using Groovy tools, and working with the Groovy Development Kit (GDK). You'll also learn more advanced aspects of Groovy, such as using Groovy design patterns, writing DSLs in Groovy, and taking advantage of Groovy's functional programming features.

There is more to Groovy than the core language, so Learning Groovy covers the extended Groovy ecosystem. You'll see how to harness Gradle (Groovy's build system), Grails (Groovy's web application framework), Spock (Groovy's testing framework), and Ratpack (Groovy's reactive web library).

What you'll learn
Groovy fundamentals, including the GDK or Groovy Development Kit


Advanced Groovy, such as writing Groovy DSLs


Functional programming in Groovy


GPars, the built-in concurrency library


Gradle, the build system


Grails, the web application framework


Spock, the testing framework


Ratpack, the reactive web library
Who is this book for
Although this book is intended for those with a Java background, anyone with basic programming skills could benefit from it. This book is a data-filled, yet easy-to-digest tour of the Groovy language and ecosystem.

102 pages, Paperback

Published August 5, 2016

Reviews

[Prem · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to understand, well structured

[Arthur · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too short for a technical book and filled with fluff to inflate the page count.
Lots of outdated content. Perhaps can serve as intro to a seemingly wonderful language. I found it teaching very little or incomplete. There were very few things one would not find free online.

[Łukasz Słonina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short overview of Groovy and related libraries. Rather difficult to follow for Groovy newbies.