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Groovy
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Groovy

#32in Languages
Discussions4
Followers780
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What is Groovy?

It is a powerful multi-faceted programming language for the JVM platform. It supports a spectrum of programming styles incorporating features from dynamic languages such as optional and duck typing, but also static compilation and static type checking at levels similar to or greater than Java through its extensible static type checker. It aims to greatly increase developer productivity with many powerful features but also a concise, familiar and easy to learn syntax.

Groovy is a tool in the Languages category of a tech stack.

Key Features

Flat learning curvePowerful featuresSmooth Java integrationDomain-Specific LanguagesVibrant and rich ecosystemScripting and testing glue

Groovy Pros & Cons

Pros of Groovy

  • ✓Java platform
  • ✓Much more productive than java
  • ✓Concise and readable
  • ✓Very little code needed for complex tasks
  • ✓Dynamic language
  • ✓Nice dynamic syntax for the jvm
  • ✓Very fast
  • ✓Can work with JSON as an object
  • ✓Easy to setup
  • ✓Literal Collections

Cons of Groovy

  • ✗Groovy Code can be slower than Java Code
  • ✗Absurd syntax
  • ✗Objects cause stateful/heap mess

Groovy Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Groovy?

JavaScript

JavaScript

JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.

Python

Python

Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.

HTML5

HTML5

HTML5 is a core technology markup language of the Internet used for structuring and presenting content for the World Wide Web. As of October 2014 this is the final and complete fifth revision of the HTML standard of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The previous version, HTML 4, was standardised in 1997.

Java

Java

Java is a programming language and computing platform first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995. There are lots of applications and websites that will not work unless you have Java installed, and more are created every day. Java is fast, secure, and reliable. From laptops to datacenters, game consoles to scientific supercomputers, cell phones to the Internet, Java is everywhere!

PHP

PHP

Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

TypeScript

TypeScript

TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. It's a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript.

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Groovy Integrations

Vert.x, picocli, Micronaut Framework, RapidMiner, Boxfuse and 7 more are some of the popular tools that integrate with Groovy. Here's a list of all 12 tools that integrate with Groovy.

Vert.x
Vert.x
picocli
picocli
Micronaut Framework
Micronaut Framework
RapidMiner
RapidMiner
Boxfuse
Boxfuse
DSE Graph
DSE Graph
Database Rider
Database Rider
Swagger Codegen
Swagger Codegen
Tapestry
Tapestry
Grails
Grails
JBehave
JBehave
GORM
GORM

Groovy Discussions

Discover why developers choose Groovy. Read real-world technical decisions and stack choices from the StackShare community.

Prem Kumar K
Prem Kumar K

Sep 26, 2022

Needs adviceonJavaJavaGroovyGroovyGradleGradle

In our project, we want to integrate the code checker plugin. Which one should we choose, we are using Java, Groovy, Gradle Languages.

Please Advise, thanks If any other plugin also suggest.

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Sreenath SC
Sreenath SC

Jan 20, 2022

Needs adviceonGroovyGroovyGrailsGrailsNode.jsNode.js

Presently, a web-based ERP is developed in Groovy on Grails. Now the ERP is getting revamped with more functionalities. Is it advisable to continue with the same software and framework or try something new especially Node.js over ExpressJS?

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Alex A
Alex A

Founder at PRIZ Guru

Mar 22, 2019

Needs adviceonGrailsGrailsPlayPlayScalaScala

Some may wonder why did we choose Grails ? Really good question :) We spent quite some time to evaluate what framework to go with and the battle was between Play Scala and Grails ( Groovy ). We have enough experience with both and, to be honest, I absolutely in love with Scala; however, the tipping point for us was the potential speed of development. Grails allows much faster development pace than Play , and as of right now this is the most important parameter. We might convert later though. Also, worth mentioning, by default Grails comes with Gradle as a build tool, so why change?

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Midhun Harikumar
Midhun Harikumar

Senior Associate

Mar 14, 2019

Needs adviceonSQLiteSQLiteGradleGradleGroovyGroovy

This app uses SQLite to store internal data and is superfast, especially good to use with Android JetPack framework like Room. Gradle is good for managing the dependencies and Groovy script enables some advanced configuration.

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