Reviews for Groovy Programming: An Introduction for Java Developers

1. A more than useful introduction...

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, October 12th, 2007

   In response to the other review posted here, I would have to disagree with what has been said and instead express my opinion of how helpful the book has been with my learning of the Groovy language. As the title of the book states, it is an introduction to the scripting language aimed at those who have a sound Java background but perhaps new to the dynamic features that Groovy has to offer. The initial simplistic following of the book makes for a good understanding on a basic level, supported by plenty of code samples, detailed case studies, and more advanced sections to levitate the authors' explanation well. I would summarise by stating that this book (in contrary to the first reviewer) is clearly presented and structured to aid both the novice and more experienced developer with their understanding and learning of the Groovy language. For anyone who is even remotely interested in finding out about what Groovy can do for them, I would suggest that this book is a must.
   
   It has helped me significantly with a project that I am currently involved in...a solid starting point.

2. OK - could do lots better

   Rated 3 out of 5 stars, June 12nd, 2007

   One of my biggest problems with groovy is how poor the on-line documentation is. Unfortunately things are not much improved by this book. Finding stuff in this book isn't all that easy either -poor layout, confusing table of contents illogical terms used for indexing. The chapter on GPath is poor /incomplete and the explanation of closure(s) isn't great either. If your trying to learn Groovy the book is poorly structured as a tutorial, if you are familiar with Groovy there isn't much reference material and there aren't many examples. Better than no book at all.