Learning Groovy

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 forAlthough 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. 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 Grasp Groovy fundamentals, including the GDK or Groovy Development Kit Master advanced Groovy, such as writing Groovy DSLs Discover functional programming in Groovy Work with GPars, the built-in concurrency library Use Gradle, the build system Master Grails, the web application framework Work with Spock, the testing framework Harness Ratpack, the reactive web library Who This Book Is 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. 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. This short guide teaches the popular JVM programming language, Groovy and its ecosystem. Learn Groovy helps programmers learn Groovy, a flexible open-source Java-based dynamic scripting language built for the JVM (Java Virtual Machine), and the Groovy ecosystem. This book covers Groovy fundamentals, Gradle, Grails, Spock, Groovy design patterns, and advanced some Groovy programming. 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 Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Software to Install....Pages 3-4 Groovy 101....Pages 5-14 Tools....Pages 15-16 GDK....Pages 17-22 Coming from Java....Pages 23-27 Front Matter....Pages 29-29 Groovy Design Patterns....Pages 31-34 DSLs....Pages 35-39 Traits....Pages 41-43 Functional Programming....Pages 45-54 Groovy GPars....Pages 55-57 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 Groovy Awesomeness....Pages 61-64 Gradle....Pages 65-70 Grails....Pages 71-78 Spock....Pages 79-82 Ratpack....Pages 83-94 Back Matter....Pages 95-102