Using groovy in Java EE Apps?

Question

Did anyone yet use Groovy in Java EE Web Applications? Is it worth digging deeper into this and would I benefit from it using when using Java EE, JSF, Facelets etc?

What I especially looking for would be things like Groovy auto-generates getter/setter, or not having to always use object.getProperty but just writing conduits like object.list.property.prop and so on.

Is it worth it?

Answer 1

You might try Grails, if you're interested in Groovy for web apps. This is basically Groovy atop a Spring MVC/Hibernate/Sitemesh framework.

Development can be quicker, with the more efficient syntax, convention-based setup, scaffolding, and there are a lot of plugins to add functionality. But, maintenance may be challenging in a complex app, and when something goes wrong in all the magic it works to hide implementation from you, it can be painful to debug.