Suitable for non-Java programmers? posted by Venkat Subramaniam @ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:20:40 -0000

Venkat Subramaniam — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:20:40 -0000

In the book, I assume the reader to have good working knowledge of programming in Java. In general, I would expect this from users of Groovy itself, since you will be relying quite a bit on Java and JDK while programming with Groovy.

Suitable for non-Java programmers? posted by Srivaths Sankaran @ Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:12:32 -0000

Srivaths Sankaran — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:12:32 -0000

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.

Suitable for non-Java programmers? posted by Joshua Foster @ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:06:59 -0000

Joshua Foster — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:06:59 -0000

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.

Suitable for non-Java programmers? posted by Robert Hicks @ Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:59:36 -0000

Robert Hicks — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:59:36 -0000

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.

Suitable for non-Java programmers? posted by Ray Tayek @ Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:56:49 -0000

Ray Tayek — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:56:49 -0000

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.

Suitable for non-Java programmers? posted by Michael Weichert @ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:50:19 -0000

Michael Weichert — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:50:19 -0000

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.