If you develop software for a living, you need at least one "dynamic" language in your toolkit. Languages that make it easy to do meta-programming are invaluable for many types of problems. If you are a Java developer, there are especially compelling reasons for investing in Groovy and the numerous Groovy-based frameworks -- Grails, Griffon, Gradle, Spock, Gaelyk, etc.

The purpose of this group is to cultivate a local community for learning and sharing about experiences with the Groovy and Grails ecosystem. The group is open to anyone, but it is oriented towards developers who want to learn how to build software better, faster, and have more fun doing it.

Since the Groovy community is much smaller than the Java community, we will aim to have meetings in a geographically central location (ideally in DC or inside the beltway in Northern Virginia).

We will strive to have a focused talk at each meeting, with open time for discussion topics and questions.

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Recent Meetups

  • April 18 · 7:00 PM

    "Making Java Groovy"

    39 dynamic programmers | 4.50 4.505

    We are very excited to have Ken Kousen joining us for the next DC Groovy meeting. Ken will be presenting his talk "Making Java Groovy" from the NFJS tour. The talk is... Learn more
  • November 28, 2012 · 7:00 PM

    Acceptance Testing Web Services with Gradle, Cucumber, and Groovy

    25 dynamic programmers | 4.00 4.002

    Sam Brown will be demonstrating and discussing how to write acceptance tests for SOAP-based HTTP web services in Cucumber. The talk will showcase the usage of Gradle,... Learn more
  • June 27, 2012 · 7:00 PM

    Groovy and Grails Panel Discussion

    16 dynamic programmers | 5.00 5.001

    Join us for our June meeting, as we try out a new format. Agenda We will start the evening off with two short presentations by DC Groovy members on both unit and... Learn more
  • April 18, 2012 · 7:00 PM

    Asynchronous Grails

    29 dynamic programmers | 4.50 4.502 | 2 Photos

    Next in our Grails series, we will look at a more advanced topic that is becoming essential in distributed enterprise applications. We are excited to have Grails... Learn more
  • February 15, 2012 · 7:00 PM

    Grails "Goto" Plugins

    15 dynamic programmers | 5.00 5.005

    Grails 2.0 was officially released in December and it is a significant milestone for the Groovy-based web framework. In light of this, DC Groovy will begin a series of... Learn more
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Founded Mar 13, 2011
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Noblis

Thanks to Noblis for hosting our upcoming meeting.

Excella Consulting

Thanks Excella for hosting our November meeting in Arlington.

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