Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java (Pragmatic Programmers)

Scott Davis

ISBN 10: 0978739299 / ISBN 13: 9780978739294

Published by Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java (Pragmatic Programmers)
• Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0978739299
• ISBN 13: 9780978739294
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

You'll 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. You'll 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.

About the Author

Scott Davis is the Editor in Chief of aboutGroovy.com. He isalso an author and independent consultant. He is passionateabout open source solutions and agile development. He hasworked on a variety of Java platforms, from JEE to JSE to JME(sometimes all on the same project).He is the co-author of JBoss At Work (O'Reilly), and author ofGoogle Maps API (Pragmatic Bookshelf) and GIS for WebDevelopers: Adding Where to Your Web Applications(Pragmatic Bookshelf).