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#softshake #groovylang #android @CedricChampeau
Why Groovy?
• Built on top of the shoulders of a Giant (Java)
• Runs a JVM
• Android developers shouldn't be suffering
• Java on Android is very verbose
• And the main development language on the platform
• Multi-faceted language
• OO, Imperative, functional, scripting, dynamic, static, …
• Straightforward integration with Java
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