Editing Apache Groovy (section)

==History==
[[James Strachan (programmer)|James Strachan]] first talked about the development of Groovy on his blog in August 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/2003/08/29.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030901064404/http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/2003/08/29.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 September 2003|title=Groovy - the birth of a new dynamic language for the Java platform|author=James Strachan|date=29 Aug 2003}}</ref> In March 2004, Groovy was submitted to the JCP as JSR 241<ref name="JSR">{{cite web |url=http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=241 |title=Java Community Process JSR 241}}</ref> and accepted by ballot. Several versions were released between 2004 and 2006. After the [[Java Community Process]] (JCP) standardization effort began, the version numbering changed, and a version called "1.0" was released on January 2, 2007. After various betas and release candidates numbered 1.1, on December 7, 2007, Groovy 1.1 Final was released and immediately renumbered as Groovy 1.5 to reflect the many changes made.

In 2007, Groovy won the first prize at JAX 2007 innovation award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/2007/04/26/Groovy+wins+first+prize+at+JAX+2007+innovation+award|title=Groovy wins first prize at JAX 2007 innovation award|date=2007-04-26|access-date=2012-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513184206/http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/2007/04/26/Groovy+wins+first+prize+at+JAX+2007+innovation+award|archive-date=2015-05-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008, [[Grails (framework)|Grails]], a Groovy [[web framework]], won the second prize at JAX 2008 innovation award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jax-award.de/jax_award08/proposal_view_de.php?id=240&show=more|title=They say a lot can happen over a cup of coffee|access-date=2012-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419130810/http://jax-award.de/jax_award08/proposal_view_de.php?id=240|archive-date=2011-04-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In November 2008, [[SpringSource]] acquired the Groovy and Grails company (G2One).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indicthreads.com/2138/springsource-acquires-groovy-and-grails-company-g2one/|title=SpringSource Acquires Groovy and Grails company (G2One)|date=11 Nov 2008}}</ref> In August 2009 [[VMware]] acquired SpringSource.<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/08/10/vmware-acquires-springsource/|title=VMWare Acquires SpringSource|date=10 Aug 2009}}</ref>

In April 2012, after eight years of inactivity, the Spec Lead changed the status of JSR 241 to dormant.<ref name="JSR" />

Strachan had left the project silently a year before the Groovy 1.0 release in 2007.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} In Oct 2016, Strachan stated "I still love groovy (jenkins pipelines are so groovy!), java, go, typescript and kotlin".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/jstrachan/status/784333918078169088 |title=Tweet from James Strachan |date=November 24, 2016 |access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref>

On July 2, 2012, Groovy 2.0 was released, which, among other new features, added static compiling and [[static type checking]].

When the [[Pivotal Software]] joint venture was spun-off by [[EMC Corporation]] (EMC) and VMware in April 2013, Groovy and Grails formed part of its product portfolio. Pivotal ceased sponsoring Groovy and Grails from April 2015.<ref name="blog.pivotal.io"/>
That same month, Groovy changed its governance structure from a Codehaus repository to a Project Management Committee (PMC) in the [[Apache Software Foundation]] via its incubator.<ref name="Groovy Incubator"/>
Groovy graduated from Apache's incubator and became a top-level project in November 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcement on dev mailing list|url=http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/groovy-dev/201511.mbox/%3CCAEWfVJ%3DBz-tiTTYHiPc8vY26CopLm3pPy_LADvvFh4vjVs%3Dosw%40mail.gmail.com%3E}}</ref>

On February 7, 2020, Groovy 3.0 was released.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Release GROOVY_3_0_0 · apache/groovy |url=https://github.com/apache/groovy/releases/tag/GROOVY_3_0_0 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref> Version 4.0 was released on January 25, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Release GROOVY_4_0_0 · apache/groovy |url=https://github.com/apache/groovy/releases/tag/GROOVY_4_0_0 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref>