GraalVM is the new hot tool in the JVM ecosystem. It brings a bunch of new features, including creating native binaries from Java bytecode files to run startup programs without the overhead. It also applies to programs written in our favorite programming language - Groovy. In this quick intro, I will explain how to start compiling Groovy code to a native binary using GraalVM, what are the benefits and what kind of limitations we have to be aware of.
This presentation was prepared for GR8Conf EU 2019