You are considering Groovy for your next project. You search the web for more information only to get conflicting or incomplete information. It's hard to distinguish FUD from fact. In this session, we go beyond the theoretical and discuss everything you want to know about using Groovy in a real world corporate Java project. This presentation is based upon four years of actual experience using Groovy as part of a large J2EE project at a Fortune 500 Insurance company as well as using Groovy and Grails on two medium-sized corporate projects.

We will review code examples using Spring, Groovy collections and Groovy decimal math. We will cover compiling Groovy in Ant build scripts and code coverage for Groovy classes. We will show why Groovy is an excellent choice for test driven development. Finally, we will also cover some decision points for incorporating Groovy into a real business project and strategies for mitigating risk.

In this presentation, we will look at how you can begin using Groovy inside of Eclipse. Project setup, mixing Groovy and Java, and debugging will be covered. The presentation will also feature tips and tricks from real-world project development using the Groovy Eclipse plugin.

The presentation will finish with an up-to-the-minute status of the latest features being worked on for the plugin including a preview of code assist.