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Groovy for Domain-Specific Languages, Second Edition

By : Fergal Dearle
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By: Fergal Dearle

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Groovy for Domain-Specific Languages, Second Edition
Fergal Dearle
Sep, 2015 | 386 pages
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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Groovy for Domain-specific Languages Second Edition
Groovy for Domain-specific Languages Second Edition
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Introduction to DSLs and Groovy
Introduction to DSLs and Groovy
DSL – a new name for an old idea
Groovy
Summary
2
Groovy Quick Start
Groovy Quick Start
Installing Groovy with GVM
How to find and install Groovy from binaries
Running Groovy
The Groovy IDE and editor integration
Summary
3
Essential Groovy DSLs
Essential Groovy DSLs
Installing Gradle
Gradle basics
Spock tests
Further reading
Summary
4
The Groovy Language
The Groovy Language
Introducing the Groovy language
Summary
5
Groovy Closures
Groovy Closures
What is a closure?
Closures and collection methods
Closures as method parameters
Calling closures
Finding a named closure field
Closure parameters
Closure return values
The closure scope
Summary
6
Example DSL – GeeTwitter
Example DSL – GeeTwitter
Twitter
Working with the Twitter APIs
Groovy improvements
Removing the boilerplate
Adding a command-line interface
Adding built-in methods
Summary
7
Power Groovy DSL Features
Power Groovy DSL Features
Named parameters
Command chains
Builders
SwingBuilder
Method pointers
Metaprogramming and the Groovy MOP
How builders work
ExpandoMetaClasses
Summary
8
AST Transformations
AST Transformations
What is an AST
Compiler phases
Local AST transformations
Using ASTBuilder
Global AST transformations
Summary
9
Existing Groovy DSLs
Existing Groovy DSLs
Grails object relational mapping – GORM
Spock as a DSL
Summary
10
Building a Builder
Building a Builder
The builder code structure
BuilderSupport
FactoryBuilderSupport
Summary
11
Implementing a Rules DSL
Implementing a Rules DSL
Groovy bindings
Building a rewards DSL
Summary
12
Integrating It All
Integrating It All
Groovy as a teaching language
A game DSL for kids
A game DSL – goals
Summary
Index
Index

Credits

Author

Fergal Dearle

Reviewers

David W Millar

Pietro Martinelli

Jason Winnebeck

Commissioning Editor

Erol Staveley

Acquisition Editors

Tushar Gupta

Antony Lowe

Content Development Editor

Adrian Raposo

Technical Editor

Siddhi Rane

Copy Editors

Janbal Dharmaraj

Kevin McGowan

Project Coordinator

Kinjal Bari

Proofreader

Safis Editing

Indexer

Hemangini Bari

Production Coordinator

Shantanu N. Zagade

Cover Work

Shantanu N. Zagade

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