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Groovy is an agile dynamic language for the Java 2 Platform that has many of
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the features that people like so much in languages like Python, Ruby and
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Smalltalk, making them available to Java developers using a Java-like syntax.
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Groovy is designed to help you get things done on the Java 2 Platform in a
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quick, concise and fun way. Groovy brings the power of a scripting language
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directly into the Java 2 Platform. For example:
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- Shell scripting using Groovy allows the full power of the Java Platform to be
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brought to bear to the task at hand.
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- Groovy can be used (and indeed is already being used) as a replacement for
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Java for small and medium sized applications to execute on the Java 2
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Platform.
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- Groovy can be used as an embedded language for dynamic business rules or
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extension points utilizing the agility of Groovy and saving the cost of
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redeploying applications for each change of rule (especially when the rules
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are stored in a database).
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- Groovy makes writing test cases for unit tests very easy.
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As well as being a powerful language for scripting Java objects, Groovy can be
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used as an alternative compiler to javac to generate standard Java bytecode to
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be used by any Java project.
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WWW: http://groovy.codehaus.org/
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