Category:Groovy: Difference between revisions

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{{language|Groovy}}'''Groovy''' is an object-oriented programming language for the [[Java]] ~~Platform~~ as an alternative to the Java programming language. It can be viewed as a scripting language for the Java platform, as it has features similar to those of [[Python]], [[Ruby]], [[Perl]], and [[Smalltalk]]. In some contexts, the name JSR 241 is used as an alternate identifier for Groovy.

{{language|Groovy}}'''Groovy''' is an [[object-oriented]] programming language for the [[Java]] platform as an alternative to the Java programming language. It can be viewed as a scripting language for the Java platform, as it has features similar to those of [[Python]], [[Ruby]], [[Perl]], and [[Smalltalk]]. In some contexts, the name JSR 241 is used as an alternate identifier for Groovy.

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* simplifies testing by supporting unit testing and mocking out-of-the-box

* seamlessly integrates with all existing Java objects and libraries

* compiles straight to Java bytecode so you can use it anywhere you can use Java

* compiles straight to Java [[bytecode]] so you can use it anywhere you can use Java

Useful Groovy links:

* [http://groovy.codehaus.org Official site]

* [~~http~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Groovy_(programming_language) Wikipedia]

* [[wp:Groovy_(programming_language)|Wikipedia]]

* [http://groovy.codehaus.org/Articles Groovy articles]

* [http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=241 JSR 241]