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DSL in Groovy

DSL or Domain Specific Languages focus on a domain or problem at hand. They're expressive, but their
restricted scope keeps them simple and small from the user point of view. However, designing them is not easy.
In this presentation we will explore the features of Groovy and show how they can be used to create DSLs.

What's DSL?
Characteristics of DSLs
Types of DSLs
Designing DSLs
Groovy features that enable DSLs
Examples of DSLs in Groovy
Creating DSLs in Groovy


About Venkat Subramaniam

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.

He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.

Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.

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