I previously blogged on using JavaScript in Java . The same Java Specification Request that allows for JavaScript in Java , JSR 223 ("Scripting for the Java Platform"), allows for including other ...

My favorite use of Groovy is to write simple scripts that rely on Java classes or other features of the Java Virtual Machine ( JVM ) on which Groovy is running. The reduced ceremony approach of ...

Using Groovy, Java developers can work up scripts and codes without worrying about the sometimes considerable amount of boilerplate code that accompanies full-scale Java programs, said Guillaume ...