Groovy Users of Minnesota Google Group

Grails testing plugin

2008-07-24T14:32:04Z

I noticed this on the Grails mailing list and on a blog post (http://
stateyourbizness.blogspot.com/ 2008/07/experimental-testing-
plugin.html) today. Unit testing in Grails has been a pain point for
a while but it looks like things will be getting easier with 1.1 and
also immediately through this plugin. Check out the mailing list

Re: "Metaprogramming Pecha Kucha WIP"

2008-07-24T12:55:43Z

And the DZone link is here:
[link]

Clicking the Up arrow at the link will help it rise in popularity.

Re: "Metaprogramming Pecha Kucha WIP"

2008-07-23T16:22:39Z

Let the up votes begin:

[link]

I sent it to aboutgroovy and groovyblogs.org also.

Can someone on the groovy mailing list post a message?

Re: [GUM] Re: Next Project: Updating Groovy Reference Card on codehaus

2008-07-23T16:01:45Z

Oh yeah, by the way... an inside source at DZone told me that Dierk
Konig is working on the Groovy RefCard, so that should be coming out
at some point.
Point taken on RegEx... we'll definitely mine your post.

Re: [GUM] Re: Next Project: Updating Groovy Reference Card on codehaus

2008-07-23T15:56:02Z

I think that adding some of the regular expression stuff would be
good. I don't think it's documented well just about anywhere in any
of the groovy docs and that leads people to use it less than they
would otherwise. The refcards for any of the other dynamic languages
(ruby/python/perl/etc) would definitely have a section like this. I

Re: [GUM] Next Project: Updating Groovy Reference Card on codehaus

2008-07-23T13:29:43Z

I also look up the collection methods more than anything else.
Scott

Next Project: Updating Groovy Reference Card on codehaus

2008-07-23T02:45:51Z

With the horrors of the pecha kucha behind us, I'd like to propose a
new project for those interested.

Has anyone looked at the Groovy Reference Card on the codehaus
documentation page?
[link]

It is from 2004 and really, really out of date. I emailed the author

Re: "Metaprogramming Pecha Kucha WIP"

2008-07-23T02:39:58Z

Alright, I'm calling the Metaprogramming Pecha Kucha done!

It is posted here...
[link]

HOWEVER... google groups wiki pages are lame and won't let me embed a
youtube video. So there is just a big link saying "Open this here".

Re: "Metaprogramming Pecha Kucha WIP"

2008-07-22T19:34:15Z

Awesome work Hamlet!

Re: [GUM] Re: "Metaprogramming Pecha Kucha WIP"

2008-07-21T14:46:45Z

Yeah, I'll do that. Good point. Then the gum wiki page will work fine.

Re: [GUM] Re: "Metaprogramming Pecha Kucha WIP"

2008-07-21T13:47:16Z

+1 for putting the thing up on YouTube.
~~ Robert.

Re: [GUM] Re: "Metaprogramming Pecha Kucha WIP"

2008-07-20T15:53:20Z

Hamlet,
Great job! Posting it where you have it is cool by me. My only suggestion I
guess would be for us to try and use the stylesheet from the homepage at the
GUM site - [link]
I'm guessing you won't have issues with your hosting provider, but if we are
worried about the bandwidth, you could use Amazon S3 for the video or I'm

Re: [GUM] Re: new Metaprogramming abilities added to dev-head of groovy-core

2008-07-20T03:22:33Z

import com.mycompany.StringUtils
String.metaClass.mixin StringUtils
Legacy source code integration... take your existing *Utils classes in
Java and slap them right into java.util.String. No funky adapter class
needed.
At home alone with my daughter sleeping; nothing in the fridge to eat
but coffee beans. Can anyone in SW Minneapolis drop by with some

Re: [GUM] new Metaprogramming abilities added to dev-head of groovy-core

2008-07-20T02:43:03Z

Cool indeed, but care to explain a bit why? Adding static methods was
already possible with EMC, so why are mixins better? At a minimum they are
nice because they allow you to organize your code a bit more cleanly, but
what else?
Also at home on the computer on a Sat. night,
Jesse

new Metaprogramming abilities added to dev-head of groovy-core

2008-07-20T02:36:09Z

Not sure if this is new to anyone else...

But check out this cool trick to methods to a metaclass in the newest
version of groovy:

class ListUtils {
static inits(List list) { (0..<list.size()).collect{ list[0..it] } }
static tails(List list) { list.reverse().inits() }
List.metaClass.mixin ListUtils