Groovy 5 Update and a little bit of AI fun

This presentation will be by Dr Paul King is VP Apache Groovy

This talk looks at the latest features in Groovy 5 and how Groovy provides a productivity boost even for Java 25 developers. For a bit of fun, we'll also explore different generations of machine learning technologies to build a simple wordle-like game. It turns out to be easy to access traditionally Python-based models and frameworks (like Pytorch and TensorFlow) from the JVM.

Agenda:
17:30 - 18:15: Networking over pizza and drinks
18:15 - 19:00: Groovy 5 Update and a little bit of AI fun
19:00 - 19:30: Q&A and networking

BIO:
Dr Paul King has been contributing to open source projects for over 30 years and is an active committer on numerous projects including Groovy, Grails, Geb, GPars and Gradle. Paul is VP Apache Groovy, speaks at international conferences, publishes in software magazines and journals, and is a co-author of Manning’s best-seller: Groovy in Action, 2nd Edition.

Note:
Just a side note that this meetup is a few days before the https://churconf.com/ conference on 2nd Nov and so this will also be an opportunity to meet and chat to the international speakers coming in for the conference.