Chapter 1. Getting Started with Groovy

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Installing Groovy on Windows

• Installing Groovy on Linux and OS X

• Executing Groovy code from the command line

• Using Groovy as a command-line text file editor

• Using Groovy to start a server on the command line

• Running Groovy with invokedynamic support

• Building Groovy from source

• Managing multiple Groovy installations on Linux

• Using groovysh to try out Groovy commands

• Starting groovyConsole to execute Groovy snippets

• Configuring Groovy in Eclipse

• Configuring Groovy in IntelliJ IDEA