Object-oriented scripting languages, or agile dynamic languages as some like to call those, are gaining programmers' attention. Groovy brings this excitement to the Java platform with its ability to generate byte code. You can use Groovy instead of Java for some parts of your application. By learning it, you can switch between the languages where you consider fit.

In this session, we will learn what Groovy is. We will take an example driven approach to look at interesting features. We will see how a piece of code you would write in Java can be written, elegantly, using Groovy. In addition to the current features, we will also discuss the state of the language and tools.

Presented by Venkat Subramaniam

Sponsored by TEK Systems