Sharpening the Saw - Groovy

["Michael Schneider" <michaelschneider@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

Java is a great static language, there are times when a dynamic language is a better tool for the task at hand.  An even better solution is to be able to leverage java and a dynamic language in the same application.

I have been a fan of Python/Jython, but Jython support can lag.

Ruby/JRuby is another good option (Some would say better then python), but last I herd  (I could be wrong here, Jim?) JRuby is GNU licensed, so no go for commercial apps.

There is a new JSR supported scripting language called Groovy, It seems to takegood constructs from Python, Ruby, Smalltalk ...

It is a dynamic langauge that lives on the JVM and can be embedded in your Java Application.

 

Here is the home page for Groovy:

http://groovy.codehaus.org/

Here is the wikki page:

http://wiki.codehaus.org/groovy/FrontPage

 

Have fun,

Mike

 

 

PS.  Special thanks to Chris V for pointing me to groovy :-)