Scott Hickey

Senior Consultant, Object Partners, Inc.

Scott Hickey

A Senior Consultant with Object Partners, Inc., Scott Hickey, has been developing software for over 20 years and working with Java since 1998. He was the lead developer for the Groovy Eclipse Plugin and has authored several Groovy related articles.



Blog

Update on the Omaha Java User Group Meeting Info

Posted Monday, April 7, 2008

Today I had the pleasure of presenting on Groovy at the Omaha tour stop for No Fluff Just Stuff. It's always fun to attend these events. The hallway conversations with the attendees are always as interesting as tmore »

My path to the Spring Framework "Aha" Moment

Posted Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Many people see unit tests as a good way to get started with Groovy. Tests are quick and easy with Groovy. But for me, Groovy is jmore »

Using Groovy to Unleash Enterprise Resources

Posted Thursday, March 27, 2008

Over the last three years, I have been fortunate to use Groovy as part of a large J2EE application at a Fortune 500 insurance company. One of the interesting things I witnessed with regards to Groovy is that it really lowers the barrier formore »
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Presentations

The Groovy Eclipse Plugin

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 more »

Real World Groovy

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.more »

Real World Groovy

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.more »

Continuous Integration and Testing with Grails

Grails is a powerful and productive framework for quickly developing web applications. Using Grails, it is easy to develop a lot functionality in short amount of time. This makes it all the more important to have a solid plan in place for managing change more »