Intro
So what's new in Groovy 1.5 ?
What happened with the old-style for-loop ?
Is the generics information available at runtime ?
Groovy supports closures, should they be added to the Java language ?
Can you give a quick overview of what Grails is ?
How easy is it to integrate a Grails app in your existing infrastructure ?
Can you elaborate on the first class support for XML and SQL within Groovy and other languages ?
What will be in the next version of Groovy and will it be 2.0 ?
What about Groovy books ?
Do you've a Call to Arms ?
In this Groovy interview the JavaPosse members talk with Guillaume LaForge about the new features of version 1.5. They ask what he thinks about the Closures controversy and how it fits in the Groovy language. How can you leverage Groovy in an enterprise Java project using Grails and what books should we Groovy newbies read ?
As the official Groovy Project Manager and Spec Lead of JSR-241, standardizing the Groovy dynamic language, Guillaume LaForge spends his spare time bringing a versatile and agile environment to the masses and initiated the seed of Grails, the Groovy and Spring framework. He has co-authored Manning's successful Groovy in Action along with Dierk Koenig, one of the passionate Groovy developers.
In his professional life, Guillaume Laforge is the Vice-President of Technology at G2One, the company sustaining and leading the development of Groovy and Grails.