I previously blogged on using JavaScript in Java. The same Java Specification Request that allows for JavaScript in Java, JSR 223 (“Scripting for the Java Platform”), allows for including other ...

I mostly use Groovy for scripting and many of my scripting needs require the ability to navigate directory structures. In writing such scripts, it is helpful to know which properties are available out ...

The Apache Software Foundation's (ASF) Groovy team recently announced the release of Groovy 4.0.0, the latest version of the open source, general-purpose programming language for the Java Virtual ...

Groovy 3 tries to close some of the feature gaps that have opened up with recent versions of Java New control flow features include do-while and the enhanced for loop Java-style Lambda Expressions ...

The new version of the Groovy programming language aims to make life easier for programmers who work with Java and SQL, the language’s developers note. Last month, SpringSource, a division of VMware, ...

If you want to get CTOs in a lather, ask them which programming language they recommend to build an advanced Web site. Jon Williams, CTO of Flat World Knowledge, recently spawned a red-hot thread on ...