GCD: Groovy
Groovy Continuous Delivery Series on Groovy. If there is a sweet spot for the language groovy it is testing, building and script automation. In order to maximize those tools, you need to know Groovy. That is what this session is all about.
Introduction to the groovy language from a Java developers perspective including:
its seamless Java integration where you can mix & mash Groovy & Java together
a malleable & concise syntax fit for Domain-Specific Languages
an interesting take on type safety
its rich ecosystem of CD projects: Grails, Gradle, Spock,
About Ken Sipe
Ken is a distributed application engineer. Ken has worked with Fortune 500 companies to small startups in the roles of developer, designer, application architect and enterprise architect. Ken's current focus is on containers, container orchestration, high scale micro-service design and continuous delivery systems.
Ken is an international speaker on the subject of software engineering speaking at conferences such as JavaOne, JavaZone, Great Indian Developer Summit (GIDS), and The Strange Loop. He is a regular speaker with NFJS where he is best known for his architecture and security hacking talks. In 2009, Ken was honored by being awarded the JavaOne Rockstar Award at JavaOne in SF, California and the JavaZone Rockstar Award at JavaZone in Oslo, Norway as the top ranked speaker.
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