Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java
Reviewed by Robert Pritchett
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Author: Scott
Davis
http://pragprog.com/titles/sdgrvr/groovy-recipes
Released: February
2008
$35 USD
Pages: 264
ISDN 13: 9870978739294
Strengths: Groovy jazzes up Java and the book
also does "Grails" for web services.
Weaknesses: None
found.
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Introduction
Each recipe in Groovy Recipes begins with a concise code
example for a quick start, followed by in-depth explanation in plain English.
These recipes will get you to-to-speed in a Groovy environment quickly.
YouÕll see how to speed up nearly every aspect of the
development process using Groovy. Groovy makes mundane file management tasks
like copying and renaming files trivial. Reading and writing XML has never been
easier with XmlParsers and XmlBuilders. Breathe new life into Arrays, Maps, and
Lists with a number of convenience methods. But Groovy does more than just ease
traditional Java development: it brings modern programming features to the Java
platform like closures, duck-typing, and metaprogramming.
As an added bonus, this book also covers Grails. YouÕll be
amazed at how quickly you can have a first-class web application up and running
from ground zero. Grails includes everything you need in a single zip file⎯a web server (Jetty), a database
(HSQLDB), Spring, Hibernate, even a Groovy version of Ant called GANT. We cover
everything from getting a basic website in place to advanced features that take
you beyond HTML into the world of Web Services: REST, JSON, Atom, Podcasting,
and much much more.
What I Learned
A single zip file for doing a complete web app? Groovy, man!
An dyes, I dog-eared a number of pages in this book. If you do Java, you should
be doing Groovy.
Conclusions
Learn more
about groovy at http://www.aboutgroovy.com
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