Groovy update: to infinity and beyond!

In "Groovy update, to infinity and beyond!", Guillaume Laforge will come back on Groovy's past, present and future. First, we'll do a quick review of Groovy 1.6 features: multiple assignment and option return in if/else and try/catch blocks, AST transformations with @Delegate, @Lazy, @Immutable, @Mixin and friends, the Grape dependency module, metaprogramming enhancements, JSR-223, JMX and OSGi support built-in. Then we'll dive into Groovy 1.7, especially how to simplify the creation of AST transformations, the small incremental improvements to the Groovy GDK, how to "customize the truth", power asserts, and more.

Eventually we'll discover the upcoming features in Groovy 1.8, for instance how to extend annotations beyond Java 5, potential new features such as structural pattern matching, parser combinators, actors, AST templates, and more.

About 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.

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