In this post, we have prepared a curated top list of reading recommendations for beginners and experienced. This hand-picked list of the best Groovy books and tutorials can help fill your brain this June and ensure you’re getting smarter. We have also mentioned the brief introduction of each book based on the relevant Amazon or Reddit descriptions.
- Programming Groovy: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer (Pragmatic Programmers) (2008)
- Programming Groovy 2: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer (Pragmatic Bookshelf) (2013)
- Groovy Programming (2006)
- Groovy in Action: Covers Groovy 2.4 (2015)
- Reactive Programming with RxJava (2016)
- Learning Groovy (2016)
- Grails in Action (2014)
- Groovy in Action (2007)
- Making Java Groovy (2013)
- Beginning Groovy and Grails (2008)
- Modern Programming Made Easy: Using Java, Scala, Groovy, and JavaScript (2016)
- Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java (Pragmatic Programmers) (2008)
Programming Groovy: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer (Pragmatic Programmers) (2008)
The strength of Java is no longer in the language itself; it’s in the Java Platform (the JVM, JDK, and rich frameworks and libraries). But recently, the industry has turned to dynamic languages for increased productivity and speed to market. Groovy is one of a new breed of dynamic languages that run on the Java platform. You can use these new languages on the JVM and intermix them with your existing Java code. You can leverage your Java investments while benefiting from advanced
Author(s): Venkat Subramaniam
Programming Groovy 2: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer (Pragmatic Bookshelf) (2013)
Groovy brings you the best of both worlds: a flexible, highly productive, agile, dynamic language that runs on the rich framework of the Java Platform. Groovy preserves the Java semantics and extends the JDK to give you true dynamic language capabilities. Programming Groovy 2 will help you, the experienced Java developer, learn and take advantage of the latest version of this rich dynamic language.
Author(s): Venkat Subramaniam
Groovy Programming (2006)
Groovy Programming is an introduction to the Java-based scripting language Groovy. Groovy has much in common with popular scripting languages such as Perl, Python, and Ruby, but is written in a Java-like syntax. And, unlike these other languages, Groovy is sanctioned by the Java community for use on the Java platform.
Author(s): Kenneth Barclay, John Savage
Groovy in Action: Covers Groovy 2.4 (2015)
Groovy in Action, Second Edition is a thoroughly revised, comprehensive guide to Groovy programming. It introduces Java developers to the dynamic features that Groovy provides, and shows how to apply Groovy to a range of tasks including building new apps, integration with existing code, and DSL development. Covers Groovy 2.4. In the last ten years, Groovy has become an integral part of a Java developer’s toolbox. Its comfortable, common-sense design, seamless integration with Java
Author(s): Dierk König, Paul King
Reactive Programming with RxJava (2016)
In today’s app-driven era, when programs are asynchronous and responsiveness is so vital, reactive programming can help you write code that’s more reliable, easier to scale, and better-performing. With this practical book, Java developers will first learn how to view problems in the reactive way, and then build programs that leverage the best features of this exciting new programming paradigm.
Author(s): Tomasz Nurkiewicz, Ben Christensen
Learning Groovy (2016)
Start building powerful apps that take advantage of the dynamic scripting capabilities of the Groovy language. This book covers Groovy fundamentals, such as installing Groovy, using Groovy tools, and working with the Groovy Development Kit (GDK). You’ll also learn more advanced aspects of Groovy, such as using Groovy design patterns, writing DSLs in Groovy, and taking advantage of Groovy’s functional programming features.
Author(s): Adam L. Davis
Grails in Action (2014)
Grails in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to Grails 2 focused on making you super-productive fast. In this totally revised new edition, you’ll master Grails 2.3 core skills as you apply TDD techniques to developing a full-scale Twitter clone. Along the way you’ll learn the latest single-page web app UI techniques, work with NoSQL backends, integrate with enterprise messaging, and implement a complete RESTful API for your services.
Author(s): Peter Ledbrook, Glen Smith
Groovy in Action (2007)
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.
Author(s): Dierk Koenig, Andrew Glover
Making Java Groovy (2013)
Making Java Groovy is a practical handbook for developers who want to blend Groovy into their day-to-day work with Java. It starts by introducing the key differences between Java and Groovy—and how you can use them to your advantage.
Author(s): Ken Kousen
Beginning Groovy and Grails (2008)
Web frameworks are playing a major role in the creation of today’s most compelling web applications, because they automate many of the tedious tasks, allowing developers to instead focus on providing users with creative and powerful features. Java developers have been particularly fortunate in this area, having been able to take advantage of Grails, an open source framework that supercharges productivity when building Java–driven web sites.
Author(s): Christopher M. Judd, Joseph Faisal Nusairat
Modern Programming Made Easy: Using Java, Scala, Groovy, and JavaScript (2016)
Get up and running fast with the basics of programming using Java as an example language. This short book gets you thinking like a programmer in an easy and entertaining way. Modern Programming Made Easy teaches you basic coding principles, including working with lists, sets, arrays, and maps; coding in the object-oriented style; and writing a web application.
Author(s): Adam L. Davis
Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java (Pragmatic Programmers) (2008)
Each recipe in Groovy Recipes begins with a concise code example for a quick start, followed by in-depth explanation in plain English. These recipes will get you to-to-speed in a Groovy environment quickly. You’ll see how to speed up nearly every aspect of the development process using Groovy. Groovy makes mundane file management tasks like copying and renaming files trivial. Reading and writing XML has never been easier with XmlParsers and XmlBuilders. Breathe new life into Arrays, Maps
Author(s): Scott Davis
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Best Groovy Books that Should be on Your Bookshelf
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some Groovy books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
Modern Programming Made Easy: Using Java, Scala, Groovy, and JavaScript
Author(s): Adam L. Davis
ID: 2664159, Publisher: Apress, Year: 2020, Size: 3 Mb, Format: pdf
Modern Programming Made Easy: Using Java, Scala, Groovy, and JavaScript, 2nd Edition
Author(s): Adam L. Davis
ID: 3325000, Publisher: Apress, Year: 2020, Size: 1 Mb, Format: epub
Learning Groovy 3
Author(s): Adam L. Davis
ID: 2393123, Publisher: Apress, Year: 2019, Size: 1 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are absolutely hot items according to The New York Times, others are composed by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.