Groovy
Groovy is an agile, dynamic language for the JVM which combines many features from languages like Python, Ruby, and Smalltalk and makes them available to Java developers using a Java-like syntax. It is designed to help get things done on the Java platform in a quicker, more concise, and fun way. It can be used as an alternative compiler to javac to generate standard Java bytecode to be used by any Java project or it can be used dynamically as an alternative language, such as for scripting Java objects, templating, or writing unit test cases.
| Tags | Software Development Testing Database API Information Management Internet Office/Business Scientific/Engineering Security Compilers Interpreters Libraries Java Libraries Shells Text Processing Markup HTML/XHTML XML |
|---|---|
| Licenses | Apache |
| Operating Systems | POSIX OS Independent |
| Implementation | Groovy Java |
Recent releases
- 02 Jul 2005 02:16
Changes: This release features 1000 test cases, bugfixes, and patches. Better error reporting and improved compile-time checks were implemented.
- 06 Apr 2005 18:49
Changes: This release adds the new JSR parser for standardizing the Groovy scripting language.
- 27 Mar 2005 17:01
Changes: This release has bugfixes and a new parser Early Access Preview (as part of the JSR effort). In Classic Groovy, some bad typing problems are fixed, a few error messages are improved for more readability and a safer user experience, there is better exception handling, and binary scripts now have proper executable permissions set.
- 30 Sep 2004 08:23
No changes have been submitted for this release.
