Start building powerful apps that take advantage of the dynamic
scripting capabilities of the Groovy language, including what's new in
Groovy version 3.0. 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.
Also, Learning Groovy 3 has been updated to Groovy 3.0 to include the
new Parrot parser which was extended to support additional syntax
options and language features. It also includes coverage of Groovydoc,
which allows you to embed Groovydoc comments in various ways. And, this
book covers how Groovy supports Java type annotations and more.
There is more to Groovy than the core language, so Learning Groovy 3,
Second Edition 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 Will Learn
- Grasp Groovy fundamentals, including the GDK
- 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
Those with a Java background, though anyone with basic programming
skills can benefit from it. This book is a data-filled, yet
easy-to-digest tour of the Groovy language and ecosystem.
