In this intensive 5-day course, you will be transitioned from your familiar grounds of Java and introduced to the low ceremonial, high productivity of Groovy. You will learn to easily intermix Java and Groovy, take advantage of exceptional capabilities of Groovy for Metaprogramming, and work with XML, builders, closures, GDK, and more.

Over the past decade, while the Java language has become more complex, the Java Platform has become stronger. In the mean time, dynamic languages have gained popularity. A few years ago, taking advantage of these dynamic capability meant leaving behind the strengths of the Java platform. Thanks to languages like Groovy, that is not the case anymore. You can take advantage of the dynamic capabilities and the strength of Java platform all at the same time.

Groovy provides several advantages: It has excellent Metaprogramming capabilities, it integrates seamlessly with Java, has an elegant syntax, and offers nice extensions to JDK. Groovy makes it very easy to develop Domain-Specific Languages and take advantage of advance features like AOP (Aspect-Oriented Programming).