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The A-Z of Programming Languages: Groovy

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"When it came to choosing a name, it was obvious that a new language with all those great features would have to be called 'Groovy,'" says Groovy project manager Guillaume Laforge. Credit: Computerworld Australia

Computerworld Australia

September 18, 2009

Groovy project manager Guillaume Laforge says the Groovy programming language was designed to make life simpler for developers through its seamless integration with the underlying Java platform. "There's really no impedance mismatch between Groovy and Java," he says. "That's why lots of projects integrate Groovy, or why companies adopt the [Groovy on Rails (Grails)] Web framework." 

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