Learning Groovy

With Gradle, Grails, Spock and Ratpack
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4842-2116-7
Verlag: Apress

Buch, Englisch, 102 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 2058 g

Start building powerful apps that take advantage of the dynamic scripting capabilities of the Groovy language. This book covers Groovy fundamentals, such as installing Groovy, using Groovy tools, and working with the Groovy Development Kit (GDK). You'll also learn more advanced aspects of Groovy, such as using Groovy design patterns, writing DSLs in Groovy, and taking advantage of Groovy's functional programming features.

There is more to Groovy than the core language, so Learning Groovy covers the extended Groovy ecosystem. You'll see how to harness Gradle (Groovy's build system), Grails (Groovy's web application framework), Spock (Groovy's testing framework), and Ratpack (Groovy's reactive web library).
What You'll Learn - Grasp Groovy fundamentals, including the GDK or Groovy Development Kit

- Master advanced Groovy, such as writing Groovy DSLs

- Discover functional programming in Groovy

Work with GPars, the built-in concurrency library

- Use Gradle, the build system

- Master Grails, the web application framework

- Work with Spock, the testing framework

- Harness Ratpack, the reactive web library
Who This Book Is For
Although this book is 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.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, Adam L.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Programmier- und Skriptsprachen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Getting Groovy1. Software to Install2. Groovy 1013. Tools4. GDK5. Coming from Java Part II. Advanced Groovy6. Groovy Design Patterns7. DSLs8. Traits9. Functional Programming10. Groovy GPars Part III. The Groovy Ecosystem11. Groovy Awesomeness12. Gradle13. Grails14. Spock15. Ratpack AppendicesA. Java/GroovyB. Resources

Über Autor(innen)

Adam L. Davis makes software. He's spent many years developing in Java (since Java 1.2) and has enjoyed using Spring and Hibernate. Since 2006 he's been using Groovy and Grails in addition to Java to create SaaS web applications that help track finances for large institutions (among other things). Adam has a Masters and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.