The Groovy programming language is supported by the Apache Software Foundation and the Groovy community.

The Apache Groovy™ documentation is available as a single-page document, or a PDF, or feel free to pick at a direct section below. You can also browse documentation for other versions.

This chapter covers the syntax of the Groovy programming language. The grammar of the language derives from the Java grammar, but enhances it with specific constructs for Groovy, …

Groovy supports the usual familiar arithmetic operators you find in mathematics and in other programming languages like Java. All the Java arithmetic operators are supported.

This book covers Groovy fundamentals, such as installing Groovy, using Groovy tools, and working with the Groovy Development Kit (GDK). You'll also learn more advanced aspects of …

From the download page, you will be able to download the distribution (binary and source), the Windows installer (a community artifact) and the documentation for Groovy.

Groovy tries to be as natural as possible for Java developers. We’ve tried to follow the principle of least surprise when designing Groovy, particularly for developers learning Groovy who’ve …

This comes with a few limitations though, most of them coming from the fact that Groovy remains inherently a dynamic language. For example, you wouldn’t be able to use type checking on …

Object orientation This chapter covers the object-oriented aspects of the Groovy programming language.

Aug 23, 2025 · Program structure This chapter covers the program structure of the Groovy programming language.