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Guillaume LaForge

Head of Groovy Development for SpringSource

Guillaume LaForge
As Head of Groovy Development for SpringSource, Guillaume Laforge is the official Groovy Project Manager, and the spec lead of JSR-241, the Java Specification Request that standardizes the Groovy dynamic language. He is also a frequent conference speaker presenting Groovy and Grails at JavaOne, SpringOne, QCon, the Sun TechDays, and JavaPolis. Guillaume also co-authored Groovy in Action along with Dierk König. Before founding G2One, which was acquired by SpringSource in late 2008, and taking the role of VP Technology, Guillaume worked for OCTO Technology, a consultancy focusing on architecture and agile methodologies. While at OCTO, Guillaume developed new offerings around Groovy and Grails for its customers.

Blog

Final release of Groovy 1.7!

Posted Tuesday, December 22, 2009

The Groovy development team and SpringSource are very pleased to announce the final release of Groovy 1.7, the most popular and successful dynamic language for the JVM! After two betas and two release candidates, we're are happy to d more »

Release train: Grails 1.1.2, Groovy 1.6.6 and 1.7-RC-1, as well as Gaelyk 0.3.2

Posted Friday, November 27, 2009

Big release days! Yeste more »

Devoxx presentation on Google App Engine, Groovy and Gaelyk

Posted Friday, November 20, 2009

I'm back from Devoxx, where I had a very pleasant stay, nice discussions with many attendees and speakers, and it's always a great opportunity to meet friends you haven't seen in a while! And this time, I was there with my friend Patrick more »
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Books

Groovy in Action
by Dierk Koenig, Andrew Glover, Paul King, Guillaume Laforge, and Jon Skeet

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  • "... a clear and detailed exposition of what is groovy about Groovy. I'm glad to have it on my bookshelf."
    --From the Foreword by James Gosling

    Groovy, the brand-new language for the Java platform, brings to Java many of the features that have made Ruby popular. Groovy in Action is a comprehensive guide to Groovy programming, introducing Java developers to the new dynamic features that Groovy provides. To bring you Groovy in Action, Manning again went to the source by working with a team of expert authors including both members and the Manager of the Groovy Project team. The result is the true definitive guide to the new Groovy language.

    Groovy in Action introduces Groovy by example, presenting lots of reusable code while explaining the underlying concepts. Java developers new to Groovy find a smooth transition into the dynamic programming world. Groovy experts gain a solid reference that challenges them to explore Groovy deeply and creatively.

    Because Groovy is so new, most readers will be learning it from scratch. Groovy in Action quickly moves through the Groovy basics, including:

    * Simple and collective Groovy data types
    * Working with Closures and Groovy Control Structures
    * Dynamic Object Orientation, Groovy style

    Readers are presented with rich and detailed examples illustrating Groovy's enhancements to Java, including

    * How to Work with Builders and the GDK
    * Database programming with Groovy

    Groovy in Action then demonstrates how to Integrate Groovy with XML, and provides,

    * Tips and Tricks
    * Unit Testing and Build Support
    * Groovy on Windows

    An additional bonus is a chapter dedicated to Grails, the Groovy Web Application Framework.