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Sep 23, 2010 domain specific languages dsls are small languages that programmers use to express concepts in a very specific domain. The book is published at leanpub and is available in three formats. Groovy in action second edition by dierk konig paul king with guillaume laforge hamlet darcy cedric champeau erik pragt and jon skeet chapter 2. Groovy has much in common with popular scripting languages such as perl, python, and ruby, but is written in a javalike syntax. Back to groovy with a sample domain specific language dsl to demonstrate how groovy is a good fit for building these kinds of minilangagues, specifically designed to solve a particular problem dsls are particularly good to solve business requirements in a scope. Domainspecific languages dsls are often classified into external and internal dsls. Extend and enhance your java applications with domainspecific scripting in groovy. An external dsl is a standalone language with its own parser. Pdf groovy for domainspecific languages second edition. Creating domain specific languages with groovy artima. Enhance and extend your java applications with domainspecific languages in groovy. No knowledge of groovy is required, although it will be helpful. Groovy is designed to be source compatible with the java language as well as being binarycompatible at the byte code level.
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