Different Flavors of Embedded Groovy in Java Apps or “How To Make your Java...
Lately I’ve been thinking about all the different ways to bring Groovy into a pure Java or command line environment, and ended up diving into some code to explore the various options. Turns out there’s...
View ArticleA One Day Griffon Application/Presentation
I took the opportunity this past weekend to test drive the latest beta version of Griffon and along with it the as-of-yet unreleased slideware plugin. If you’re not already aware, Griffon is a Grails...
View ArticleBreaking Weak CAPTCHA in… slightly more than 26 Lines of Groovy Code
I read an interesting article recently about using python and open source software to defeat a particular captcha implementation and I set out to see how hard it would be to do the same in Groovy. In...
View ArticleGroovy and Hibernate Validator for Dynamic Constraints
I was reading this article about hibernate validator today and it inspired me to apply a little Groovy to the problem of validating a bean. More specifically, finding out how hard it would be to apply...
View ArticleA Grails App Demoing the StackExchange API
So I was making an attempt to catch up on my Google Reader‘ing this weekend and I came across this post on StackOverflow regarding the shiny new StackExchange API. That and a fresh 1.3.1 drop of Grails...
View ArticleA Groovy/Gradle JSLint Plugin
This article originally appeared in the January 2011 issue of GroovyMag. Gradle is a build system in which builds are described using a declarative and concise DSL written in the Groovy language. This...
View ArticleUsing Gradle to Bootstrap your Legacy Ant Builds
Gradle provides several different ways to leverage your existing investment in Ant, both in terms of accumulated knowledge and the time you’ve already put into build files. This can greatly facilitate...
View ArticleKuler iTerm2 Themes with Groovy Scripting
Having recently purchased a new MBP laptop, I was going through the usual new computer activities and installing one of my favorite apps, the iTerm2 terminal program. This program really shines for...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....