Groovy.in.Action.2nd.Edition.1935182

Groovy in Action, Second Edition is the undisputed definitive reference on the Groovy language. Written by core members of the Groovy language team, this book presents Groovy like no other can—from the inside out. With relevant examples, careful explanations of Groovy's key concepts and features, and insightful coverage of how to use Groovy in-production tasks, including building new applications, integration with existing code, and DSL development, this is the only book you'll need. Updated for Groovy 2.4. Some experience with Java or another programming language is helpful. No Groovy experience is assumed. Table of Contents Part 1 The Groovy language Chapter 1 Your way to Groovy Chapter 2 Overture: Groovy basics Chapter 3 Simple Groovy datatypes Chapter 4 Collective Groovy datatypes Chapter 5 Working with closures Chapter 6 Groovy control structures Chapter 7 Object orientation, Groovy style Chapter 8 Dynamic programming with Groovy Chapter 9 Compile-time metaprogramming and AST transformations Chapter 10 Groovy as a static language Part 2 Around the Groovy library Chapter 11 Working with builders Chapter 12 Working with the GDK Chapter 13 Database programming with Groovy Chapter 14 Working with XML and JSON Chapter 15 Interacting with Web Services Chapter 16 Integrating Groovy Part 3 Applied Groovy Chapter 17 Unit testing with Groovy Chapter 18 Concurrent Groovy with GPars Chapter 19 Domain-specific languages Chapter 20 The Groovy ecosystem Appendix A Installation and documentation Appendix B Groovy language information Appendix C GDK API quick reference Appendix D Cheat sheets Appendix E Annotation parameters Appendix F Compiler phases Appendix G AST visitors Appendix H Type checking extensions Appendix I Android support