Groovy's benefits ultimately come from its terse syntax. This means you can knock out code quickly, which of course means more features faster for stake holders. I've been a fan of Groovy for a number of years now and roughly 80% of the code I write these days is Groovy. Of course, this code is 100% compatible with Java and its diverse and deep infrastructure. Best of all, leveraging Groovy is as easy as placing a single jar file in your classpath.

The learning curve for Groovy is quite small compared to other languages because Groovy is really just a subset of the Java syntax with some sugar thrown in here and there. Thus, with a jar file in your classpath and a bit courage to try something new, you'll be good to go!

• Fluently Groovy (intro Groovy tutorial)
• Practically Groovy series
• Mark it up with Groovy Builders
• JDBC programming with Groovy
• Ant scripting with Groovy
• Groovy articles at thediscoblog.com
• Groovy Documentation
• Groovy in Action
• Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java
• Programming Groovy: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer
• Download Groovy
• A PDF copy of this presentation

I regularly blog about Groovy and Grails at thediscoblog.com; plus, you can follow me on Twitter. Thank you for attending this presentation and please feel free to contact me as I'm happy to answer questions you might have regarding this presentation!