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I've written web servers in Groovy for at least 5 years.. Groovy is great, once you get to know it, but some aspects of its design certainly don't "click" for a
by gregopet 3y ago
I've written web servers in Groovy for at least 5 years.. Groovy is great, once you get to know it, but some aspects of its design certainly don't "click" for a while. I'd be using a syntax for years when I'd read in some blog post "Oh that's just xyz with a shorter syntax" and I'd go Ooooh!
Great little language though, IMHO one of the best for quick prototyping.
- dagmx 3y agoI don’t doubt at all that Groovy is great for doing stuff when you’re used to it and spend a reasonable amount of time with it. I’ve heard great things. But things like the differences between single quotes and double quotes and a bunch of other subtleties like that, make it really frustrating when the only time I use it is updating build logic. I’d honestly prefer a more consistent language like Python or Lua. Even if I don’t code them all day, they have more resources to lookup and fewer gotchas.