I hadn't ever used a REPL to facilitate my programming before utilizing Gradle & Groovy to code some build files. The REPL made it really easy to experiment wit

I hadn't ever used a REPL to facilitate my programming before utilizing Gradle & Groovy to code some build files. The REPL made it really easy to experiment with syntax and facilitated my learning as much as Intellisense used to when I worked in the Microsoft stack.