Learning Groovy (The Book + Code)
Learning Groovy
A guide to learning the popular JVM programming language, Groovy 2.x, and its ecosystem
About the Book
Who is this book for?
Although this book is somewhat 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. Now at Apress
This book covers:
- Groovy basics, including the GDK
- 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
Groovy is a flexible open-source language built for the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) with a Java-like syntax. It can be used dynamically or statically-typed, your choice. It supports functional programming constructs, including first-class functions, currying, and more. It has multiple-inheritance, type inference, and meta-programming.
Groovy is very similar in syntax to Java so it is generally easy for Java developers to learn (Java code is generally valid Groovy code). However, Groovy has many additional features and relaxed syntax rules: closures, dynamic typing, meta-programming (via metaClass), semicolons are optional, regex-support, operator overloading, GStrings, and more. Groovy is interpreted at runtime, but in Groovy 2.0 the ability to compile to byte-code and enforce type-checking were added to the language.
Praise for previous works:
If you're just getting to Java 8, I definitely recommend @adamldavis' book -- very concise and helpful. -Fred Jonsson
"bought both of your books (Modern Java & Modern Programming) and let me tell you, what a great value and extremely good content" - Rozzot
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Table of Contents
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Getting Groovy
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- About This Book
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Software to Install
- Java/Groovy
- Others
- Code on Github
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Groovy 101
- What is Groovy?
- Compact Syntax
- Dynamic Def
- List and Map Definitions
- Groovy GDK
- Everything is an Object
- Easy Properties
- GString
- Closures
- A Better Switch
- Meta-programming
- Static Type Checking
- Elvis Operator
- Safe Dereference Operator
- A Brief History
- Summary
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Tools
- Console
- Compilation
- Shell
- Documentation
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GDK
- Collections
- IO
- Ranges
- Utilities
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Coming from Java
- Default Method Values
- Equals, Hashcode, etc.
- Regex Pattern Matching
- Missing Java Syntax
- Semi-colon Optional
- Where are Generics?
- Groovy Numbers
- Boolean-resolution
- Map Syntax
- Summary
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Advanced Groovy
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Groovy Design Patterns
- Strategy Pattern
- Meta-programming
- Method Missing
- Delegation
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DSLs
- Delegate
- Overriding Operators
- Method-missing and Property-missing
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Traits
- Defining Traits
- Using Traits
- Summary
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Functional Programming
- Functions and Closures
- Map/Filter/etc.
- Immutability
- Groovy Fluent GDK
- Groovy Curry
- Method Handles
- Tail Recursion
- Summary
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Groovy GPars
- Parallel Map Reduce
- Actors
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Groovy Design Patterns
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The Groovy Ecosystem
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Groovy Awesomeness
- Web and UI Frameworks
- Cloud Computing Frameworks
- Build Frameworks
- Testing Frameworks/Code Analysis
- Concurrency
- Others
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Gradle
- Projects and Tasks
- Plugins
- Configuring a Task
- Extra Configuration
- Maven Dependencies
- Gradle Properties
- Multiproject builds
- File Operations
- Exploring
- Summary
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Grails
- What is Grails?
- Quick Overview of Grails
- Plugins
- REST in Grails
- Short History of Grails
- Testing
- Cache Plugin
- Grails Wrapper
- Cloud
- Groovy Mailgun
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Spock
- Introduction
- A Simple Test
- Mocking
- Lists or Tables of Data
- Expecting Exceptions
- Conclusion
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Ratpack
- Script
- Gradle
- Ratpack Layout
- Handlers
- Rendering
- JSON
- Bindings
- Blocking
- Configuration
- Testing
- Summary
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Groovy Awesomeness
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Appendixes
- Java/Groovy
- Resources
- Notes
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