Groovy – Java for the 21st Century – Do More With Less (Code) – Talk Slides from Vancouver’s 1st Groovy/Grails Meetup Now Online

March 4, 2008 at 7:38 pm | In grails, groovy, jython, vancouver | Comments Off

Thanks for attending Vancouver’s 1st Groovy/Grails Meetup last Tuesday. If you missed out I’ve published the slide deck for the mini Groovy intro online. Topics include:

  • Why Groovy? What’s wrong with Ruby (JRuby), Python (Jython), or Smalltalk (Bistro)?
  • Application vs. Systems (Hard-Core) Programming / Groovy vs. Java
  • Groovy is Java
  • Groovy is Java Continued: Annotations
  • Groovy is Java Continued: Enums, Static Imports, Generics
  • Groovy Joint Compiler
  • Groovy Goodies Missing In Java (Java is Not Groovy)
  • Groovy Loops: Higher-Level Loops Using Closures (Code Blocks)
  • What is a Closure (Code Block/Anonymous Function)?
  • Closures In Action: Groovy Collections vs. Plain Old Java Collections
  • Groovy JDK – Groovy Adds New Methods To Core Java Classes
  • Groovy Template Strings: Expressions In Strings
  • Groovy Markup (XML) Syntax
  • Scripting Ant Using Groovy Markup (Gant)
  • Groovy Heroes – G2One Inc. – The Groovy/Grails Startup
  • Groovy/Grails in Print – Books
  • Groovy/Grails Articles & Blogs
  • Getting Started – Installing Groovy – 1-2-3 Steps
  • And More…

Questions? Comments? Sent them along to the Vancouver Groovy/Grails User Group Forum/Mailing List. Thanks!

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