Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed: Groovy Metaprogramming

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Presentation Overview:

As developers we hate magic, unless someone shows us how the magic works. In this presentation I'm going to show you behind the curtain of meta-programming, so that you don't see it as magic, but as just a different way to program(OOP, functional, meta etc). Just like with any other way of programming, there are times where it is appropriate to use meta-programming and times when it is not. After this presentation, my hope is that you can see the power in meta-programming, and use that power responsibly.

Presenter Bio:

Tucker Pelletier is your meet-up organizer, and a Groovy/Grails Enthusiast. Currently working at Exa, using Grails 3.2.x.

Email: virtualdogbert@gmail.com and virtualdogbert on just about every platform.

This meet-up is sponsored by Nielsen, and we will have food, and beer!

We will have internet and try to broadcast over YouTube Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_R5pvczGAA

The code for this presentation will be posted here:
https://github.com/virtualdogbert/MetaProgrammingMagicRevealed

If you are going to attend remotely, please do not RSVP to the meet-up, but instead go over the the YouTube page and subscribe.

Doors open at 6:30PM, Meetup starts at 7PM.

• Doors open, settle in, mingle, and network.

• Announcements
• Thank the host
• Jobs(but only from actual people, no recruiters/head hunters)
• Looking for speakers for full talks or lightning talks
• Misc(other meet-ups, conference, etc)

• Main Talk