Increase Productivity on the Java Platform with Alternative Languages

Java has a long history of innovating in the web space. Servlets brought longing running and multi-threading applications while Struts and JavaServer Pages (JSP) brought MVC and separation of concerns. But it is 2010 now and Agile, productivity and testability rule . Unfortunately Java’s initial ground braking innovations have not kept pace. Fortunately the Java Platform has proven to be a great platform for running alternative languages like Groovy, Ruby, Scala and Closure. Each of these languages have their own innovative web frameworks that have brought productivity back to the JVM. They take full advantage of the Java platform and ecosystem strengths while enabling modern language features and conventions. This presentation will show you how to bring productivity to your Java shops using Groovy and it’s powerful yet flexible web framework, Grails.