Great reference book

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Book:		Groovy Recipes
Subject:		Great reference book
Date:		2008-04-28 21:12:46
From:		Anonymous Reader

Rating: For me, the best part of the whole book was Chapter 3: "New to Groovy". The "New to Groovy" chapter essential lists out all the Groovy answers to "why Java can be painful and how Groovy soothes". I liked the very short "here's how you do X in Groovy" format - and any Java developer immediately can see the benefits to adding Groovy to their development arsenal. However, the part of the book that helped (more accurately, is helping) me get Groovy integrated into my projects at work is the information about "Java and Groovy Integration". The projects build on existing internal and external Java APIs; so the information here was very helpful in proving Groovy will not interfere with the current investment in Java. This is definately put together as a reference book; flipping through the chapters and reading what looks interesting hasn't disappointed me yet.