Ant and Maven are common in build processing, but XML is sometimes a less expressive configuration format; Groovy builder utility makes it easy to mix Groovy, Ant and Maven for more expressive, controlled builds. By Andrew Glover. IBM developerWorks.
Enhance standard closures with Curry method, invented by Haskell Curry; was in Groovy before JSR compliant releases. By Andrew Glover, Ken Barclay, John Savage. IBM developerWorks.
Groovlet, GroovyServer Pages (GSP) frameworks are built on Java Servlet API. Unlike Struts and JSF, Groovy server isn't for all uses: it is simple alternate for coding server programs fast and easy. By Andrew Glover. IBM developerWorks.
With release of a JSR-241 compliant parser, changes to Groovy syntax were formalized. Treats most important changes to syntax, shows handy feature not in older Groovy. By Andrew Glover. IBM developerWorks.
Shows how to use GroovySql to build simple data-reporting program. GroovySql merges closures and iterators to ease Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) coding by shifting resource management from coder to Groovy framework. By Andrew Glover. IBM developer...