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Introduction to JVM Languages

You're reading from Introduction to JVM Languages Get familiar with the world of Java, Scala, Clojure, Kotlin, and Groovy

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787127944

Length 450 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Clojure

Tools

Akka

Concepts

Programming Language

Author (1):

van der Leun

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

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Preface

1. Java Virtual Machine FREE CHAPTER

2. Developing on the Java Virtual Machine

3. Java

4. Java Programming

5. Scala

6. Scala Programming

7. Clojure

8. Clojure Programming

9. Kotlin

10. Kotlin Programming

11. Groovy

12. Groovy Programming

13. Other JVM languages

14. Quiz Answers

Installing Groovy

Installing Groovy is not much different from the other languages covered so far. Using your favorite browser, visit its home page at http://groovy-lang.org:

Here's the installation procedure:

From the home page, find the Download section.
Click the prominent Download button. This will start the download of a ZIP file. At the time of writing, this was apache-groovy-sdk-2.4.10.zip.
Extract the file to a convenient place on your system and add its bin directory to your system's path.

Groovy is bundled with two REPL environments: the GUI-based GroovyConsole and the text-based GroovyShell. Let's validate the installation by launching the GUI application, GroovyConsole. After adding the bin directory to the PATH of your system, as instructed earlier, launch a new Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal window (macOS and Linux), and then run the following command:

GroovyConsole

This will launch the GroovyConsole. This is a convenient program to run small Groovy scripts, and we will use...

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Authors (1)

van der Leun

van der Leun

Vincent van der Leun is a software engineer living in the city of Utrecht in The Netherlands. Programming since the age of 8, he has worked with many different languages and platforms over the years. Rediscovering Java a few years ago, he loved it so much that he became an Oracle Certified Professional, Java 7 Programmer, and started the JVM Fanboy blog. Currently he works for CloudSuite, a company specializing in modern ecommerce solutions. At CloudSuite he works on various backend systems and web services, writes JavaScript code for frontend applications, supports consultants by providing complex SQL queries, and consumes coffee while having design-related discussions with fellow developers.

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