Washington DC Area Groovy User Group

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If you develop software for a living, you need at least one "dynamic" language in your toolkit. Languages that make it easy to do meta-programming are invaluable for certain types of problems. If you are a Java developer or you develop software for the JVM, there are compelling reasons for investing in Groovy and the various Groovy-based frameworks -- Grails, Griffon, Gradle, Spock, GPars, etc. The purpose of this group is not to promote the Groovy language and frameworks over some other technology. The goal is to develop a local community for learning from and sharing with other users about experiences with Groovy. It is for passionate developers who want to build software better, faster and have more fun doing it. No previous experience with Groovy is required, but if you are new to programming, this is probably not the group for you. Since the Groovy community is much smaller than the Java community, we will aim to have meetings in a geographically central location (ideally in DC or Arlington). We will start simple, with short presentations at the first meetings. Much of the group with be spent on directed discussion topics and member questions. Feel free to bring your laptop -- maybe we'll even write some code!

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Past events

  • Groovy AST Transformations

    19-20 Oct 2011 in Arlington, United States

    Mark your calendars for October 19th!We have the privilege of hearing from award-winning author and well-known speaker, Dr. Venkat Subramaniam. Venkat will be giving his talk on Groovy AST Transformations from the NFJS 2011 Symposium Tour.This event will be held at the Noblis Headquarters, in Falls Church. Noblis has a great space and will be providing food and drinks for the event.

  • Behavior Driven Development with Spock

    11-12 May 2011 in Arlington, United States

    The first part of the meeting we will discuss some of the theory and motivations behind BDD. Then, James will show us how BDD is done with Spock.

  • Initial meeting and introductions

    13-14 Apr 2011 in Arlington, United States

    More details to follow. We are starting out in a small conference room, so I must limit the initial meeting size to 15. Please RSVP, so I can get a count for some snacks and drinks.

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