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Groovy Programming: An Introduction for Java Developers
Groovy Programming is an introduction to the Java-based scripting language Groovy. Groovy has much in common with popular scripting languages such as Perl, Python, and Ruby, but is written in a Java-like syntax. And, unlike these other languages, Groovy is sanctioned by the Java community for use on the Java platform. Since it is based on Java, applications written in Groo
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Paperback, 476 pages
Published
December 1st 2006
by Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
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Despite its subtitle, this reads a lot more as an introduction for people who aren't familiar with Java at all. Most of the book is spent introducing concepts that a Java developer will be familiar with, and practically no time is spent on the way little differences ultimately change the way you write code. The appendices note that while Groovy supports interfaces, you don't really need them (in general, I found the appendices vastly more informative than the meat of the book). I would have also
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I was torn as to whether to give this one three stars or four, but given the drek that passes for most programming language books these days, I felt like the authors deserved the credit they were due.
First off, as much as I hate to say this because it could be taken entirely the wrong way, for me this book benefits from the authors both having English be their first and primary language. I will admit that there are times I can be slow on the uptake, and as a result sometimes the language barrier ...more
First off, as much as I hate to say this because it could be taken entirely the wrong way, for me this book benefits from the authors both having English be their first and primary language. I will admit that there are times I can be slow on the uptake, and as a result sometimes the language barrier ...more
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