Suitable for non-Java programmers?

I’ve only used Java a little bit. .NET/C# was my platform of choice for a while, but lately switched to Python and more recently Ruby.

Is this a good book for a non-Java programmer?

i just downloaded the beta. our study group just went through the Groovy in action book. this looks to be a good book. it may be better since in is more recent and groovy is up to 1.5.1 now.

c# is so similar to java that being a non-java programmer should not be a problem.

I am hoping it will be friendly to us “accidental” programmers. You really should get a good grasp of Java libraries as that is one of the strengths of Groovy. You can use all of the well tested Java libraries but call them from Groovy. I think that is awesome.

The book is pretty friendly. It seems to have a good balance between reference and tutorial. Basically what one would expect from the Prags. There is one chapter focused on the comparisons between Java and Groovy.

Disclaimer: I have just purchased the book and haven’t read it all.

The book assumes that you are conversant with Java and the Java development kit. It says as much in the introduction.