Editing Apache Groovy (section)

{{Short description|Programming language}}
{{Infobox programming language
| name = Groovy
| logo = Groovy-logo.svg
| logo caption = Groovy Logo
| paradigm = [[Programming paradigm#Multi-paradigm|Multi-paradigm]]: [[Object-oriented programming|object-oriented]], [[Imperative programming|imperative]], [[Functional programming|functional]], [[aspect-oriented programming|aspect-oriented]], [[Scripting language|scripting]]
| year = {{Start date and age|2003}}
| latest preview version = 4.0.0-beta-1
| latest preview date = {{start date and age|2021|09|06}}<ref name="github-releases">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/apache/groovy/releases|title=Releases - apache/groovy|via=[[GitHub]]|accessdate=2020-04-09}}</ref>
| designer = [[James Strachan (programmer)|James Strachan]]
| developer = Paul King (PMC Chair)<br />Jochen Theodorou (Tech Lead)<br />Guillaume Laforge<br />Cedric Champeau<br />Daniel Sun<br />Eric Milles
| typing = [[Type system#DYNAMIC|Dynamic]], [[Type system#STATIC|static]], [[Strong and weak typing|strong]], [[Duck typing|duck]]
| website = {{official URL}}
| implementations = [[Gradle]], [[Grails (framework)|Grails]]
| influenced by = [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[Smalltalk]]
| influenced = [[Kotlin (programming language)|Kotlin]]
| platform = [[Java Platform, Standard Edition|Java SE]]
| license = [[Apache License 2.0]]
| file ext = <code>.groovy, .gvy, .gy, .gsh</code><ref name="Groovy Goodness: Default Groovy Script File Extensions">{{Cite web|url=https://mrhaki.blogspot.com/2011/10/groovy-goodness-default-groovy-script.html|title=Groovy Goodness: Default Groovy Script File Extensions}}</ref>
}}
'''Apache Groovy''' is a [[Java (programming language)|Java]]-syntax-compatible [[object-oriented programming|object-oriented]] [[programming language]] for the [[Java (software platform)|Java platform]]. It is both a static and [[dynamic programming language|dynamic]] language with features similar to those of [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], and [[Smalltalk]]. It can be used as both a [[programming language]] and a [[scripting language]] for the Java Platform, is compiled to [[Java virtual machine]] (JVM) [[bytecode]], and interoperates seamlessly with other Java code and [[Library (computing)|libraries]]. Groovy uses a [[Curly bracket languages|curly-bracket syntax]] similar to Java's. Groovy supports [[Closure (computer programming)|closures]], multiline strings, and [[String interpolation|expressions embedded in strings]]. Much of Groovy's power lies in its [[Abstract syntax tree|AST]] transformations, triggered through annotations.

Groovy 1.0 was released on January 2, 2007, and Groovy 2.0 in July, 2012. Since version 2, Groovy can be [[Type system#STATIC|compiled statically]], offering [[type inference]] and performance near that of Java.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://objectscape.blogspot.com.br/2012/08/groovy-20-performance-compared-to-java.html|title=Groovy 2.0 Performance compared to Java |date=25 Aug 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.evan-wong.com/2012/07/java-vs-groovy20-vs-scala-simple.html|title=Java vs Groovy2.0 vs Scala Simple Performance Test|date=10 Jul 2012|access-date=7 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210210126/http://blog.evan-wong.com/2012/07/java-vs-groovy20-vs-scala-simple.html|archive-date=10 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Groovy 2.4 was the last major release under [[Pivotal Software]]'s sponsorship which ended in March 2015.<ref name="blog.pivotal.io">{{cite web|url=http://blog.pivotal.io/pivotal/news-2/groovy-2-4-and-grails-3-0-to-be-last-major-releases-under-pivotal-sponsorship|title=Groovy 2.4 And Grails 3.0 To Be Last Major Releases Under Pivotal Sponsorship|date=19 Jan 2015}}</ref> Groovy has since changed its governance structure to a Project Management Committee in [[the Apache Software Foundation]].<ref name="Groovy Incubator">{{cite web|url=https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/groovy_submitted_to_become_a|title=Groovy joins Apache Incubator|date=11 Mar 2015}}</ref>