Enhance standard closures with Curry method, invented by Haskell Curry; was in Groovy before JSR compliant releases. By Andrew Glover, Ken Barclay, John Savage. IBM developerWorks.

Groovlet, GroovyServer Pages (GSP) frameworks are built on Java Servlet API. Unlike Struts and JSF, Groovy server isn't for all uses: it is simple alternate for coding server programs fast and easy. By Andrew Glover. IBM developerWorks.

With release of a JSR-241 compliant parser, changes to Groovy syntax were formalized. Treats most important changes to syntax, shows handy feature not in older Groovy. By Andrew Glover. IBM developerWorks.

Shows how to use GroovySql to build simple data-reporting program. GroovySql merges closures and iterators to ease Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) coding by shifting resource management from coder to Groovy framework. By Andrew Glover. IBM developer...

Views are integral to MVC programming, which is ubiquitous to enterprise programming; shows how Groovy template engine framework simplifies view programming, makes code more maintainable. By Andrew Glover. IBM developerWorks.

Primer on Meta Object Protocol, an old-is-new way to build programs, languages, and programs as languages. By Andrew Glover. IBM developerWorks.

Java bans operator overloading. Groovy does not. Learn everyday uses of 3 types of overloadable operators. By Andrew Glover. IBM developerWorks.

Shows many ways to embed simple, easy-to-write Groovy scripts in more complex Java code; where and when it's useful. By Andrew Glover. IBM developerWorks.

First installment; shows simple way to unit test Java code with Groovy, JUnit. By Andrew Glover. IBM developerWorks.

Using serialization to store Python objects.