Programming Groovy: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer (Pragmatic Programmers)
Programming Groovy: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer (Pragmatic Programmers) by Venkat Subramaniam
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 318
- ISBN:
- 1934356093
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- Pragmatic Bookshelf
- Publication Date:
- April 8, 2008
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 1
Demonstrates how developers working with small- to mid-sized companies can take advantage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) such as the Simple Storage Service (S3), Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Simple Queue Service (SQS), Flexible Payments Service (FPS), and SimpleDB to build web-scale business applications.
Reviews for Programming Groovy: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer (Pragmatic Programmers)
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Great book - at a great price
Rated out of 5 stars, July 12th, 2009
This book would be worth it's cost should it cost twice as much. So many technical books cost large amounts and disappoint, yet this is a real treasure.
The books style is concise, informed and lucid. The author writes with humour without clouding the issues and uses meaningful examples that really illustrate his text.
If you are a Java programmer, then this book is likely to cover all your needs from the language itself, through using Groovy and on to advanced topics such as MOP and DSLs.
This book shows how much of an advanced, serious language Groovy is, despite its name. -
The definitive guide to meta-programming in Groovy.
Rated out of 5 stars, March 12th, 2009
It's unusual to find a technical author that possesses such clarity. A thoroughly engaging read that is easy to learn from. Devoid of fluff. Rich with crystal clear concise examples. Truely worthy of the "pragamatic" label. I particularly liked:
1) The coverage of MOP.
2) The testing chapter. The clearest distinction between mocks and stubs I've seen.
3) Venkat's analogy of XML to a human. :-) "Cute when small. Annoying when bigger!".
Clarity and wit. A great combination! Highly recommended. -
An excellent book for anyone interested in Groovy
Rated out of 5 stars, August 12rd, 2008
Even though I had been coding Grails sites for the past seven months I never really felt like was taking full advantage of Groovy's capabilities. This book was a real eye opener! Closures, MetaProgramming and Builders had all been a bit of a vague subject but the examples are extremely easy to understand and make the process of learning quick and interesting.
This is one of the few books that cuts straight to the chase and tells you what you need. This is a problem, this is how you might do it in Java, this is how you can do it in Groovy and this is how you can make it even Groovier. This book was A-ha after A-ha after A-ha! It's always a pleasure to read books that start your mind racing as to how you implement that code snippet you just learnt into your current projects or how things that had stumped you in the past turn out to have elegant and simple solutions.