Powerful Groovy

Posted by Lars Vonk mid-afternoon: May 25, 2008

For my current assignment I need to write a script that basically does the following: open war file, download and add files from internet, remove files, change xml and property files, re-package war file.

In pure Java, this would be quite some work to implement. Of course there are several libraries available that will make unzipping, downloading etc a bit easier. But still it would be too much effort for such trivial tasks.

Since it is in fact a script I want to create, why not use a scripting language like Groovy. After two days of coding I must say am very happy with the progress I made given the fact that it is actually my first real Groovy programming experience.

Here are some experiences and code I created so far:
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* Filed under: Groovy, IntelliJ, Java
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Video Podcast Episode 6 - IntelliJ and Grails

Posted by Robert van Loghem mid-afternoon: April 23, 2008

Erik Pragt shows you in this silent but excellent Screencast how to use Grails in the IntelliJ IDE.

So head on over to the show page or subscribe to our podcast!

* Filed under: Grails, IntelliJ, Podcast
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IntelliJ’s best hidden features

Posted by Erik Pragt in the wee hours: March 7, 2008

JetBrains' IntelliJ is one of the best IDE's out there. With all those features packed into one package, is quite easy to not be aware of all of them. In this blogposting I will demonstrate some of IntelliJ's best hidden features, which will make developing with this IDE even a bigger pleasure!
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