Creating and configuring the project

Now that we have installed all required plugins in Eclipse IDE, we can create the project. We will also define and fetch the first external dependency of the project. The following subjects will be covered:

• Creating a new Groovy Eclipse project
• Creating an ivy.xml file for Ivy

Creating a new Groovy Eclipse project

To create a Groovy-based project in Eclipse:

1. Right-click an empty spot in the Package Explorer and choose New | Other....
2. In the Select a wizard dialog, select Groovy | Groovy Project and click Next.
3. Enter GroovyWebservice as the project name.
4. Click Finish to generate the project.

Groovy Eclipse generates a bare-bones project. It does not contain any example file, so let's create one to validate the installation:

1. Right-click the (default package) entry from the project's src directory and choose New | Other....
2. In the Select a wizard dialog, select Groovy | Groovy Class and click Next.
3. Enter webservice as the package name and Main as the class name.
4. Click...