Groovy Recipes--New from Pragmatic Bookshelf

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Groovy Recipes--New from Pragmatic Bookshelf
Greasing the Wheels of Java

Sebastopol, CA-If you're a busy Java professional who needs quick
solutions to everyday problems, then Groovy Recipes is for you. In Groovy
Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java, (Pragmatic Bookshelf, $34.95) author
Scott Davis begins each recipe with a concise code example for a quick
start, followed by in-depth explanation in plain English. These recipes
will get you to-to-speed in a Groovy environment quickly.

The Groovy language and Grails web framework give you seamless integration
with your legacy Java code while adding the flexibility and dynamism of a
scripting language. Groovy allows you to write code the way you always
thought you should-you'll never look at Java the same way again.

You'll see how to speed up nearly every aspect of the development process
using Groovy. Groovy makes mundane file management tasks like copying and
renaming files trivial. Reading and writing XML has never been easier with
XmlParsers and XmlBuilders. Breathe new life into Arrays, Maps, and Lists
with a number of convenience methods.

Scott Davis says, "Groovy does more than just ease traditional Java
development: it brings modern programming features to the Java platform
like closures, duck-typing, and metaprogramming."

As an added bonus, this book also covers Grails. You'll be amazed at how
quickly you can have a first-class web application up and running from
ground zero. Grails includes everything you need in a single zip file-a
web server (Jetty), a database (HSQLDB), Spring, Hibernate, even a Groovy
version of Ant called GANT.

You'll find everything from getting a basic website in place to advanced
features that take you beyond HTML into the world of Web Services: REST,
JSON, Atom, Podcasting, and much much more.

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Scott Davis is the editor-in-chief of aboutGroovy.com. He is also an
author an indpendent consultant. He is passionate about open source
solutions and agile development. He has worked on a variety of Java
platforms, from JEE to JSE to JME (sometimes all on the same project). He
is the author of Google Maps API and GIS for Web Developers: Adding Where
to Your Web Applications (both from Pragmatic Bookshelf) and co-author of
JBoss at Work (O'Reilly Media).

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Groovy Recipes
Scott Davis
ISBN: 0-9787392-9-9, 250 pages, $34.95 USD, £21.99 GBP
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